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With Muscular Dystrophy:

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muscle fibers degenerate and atrophy

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Which of the following is not a usual result of exercise?
- increase in the efficiency of the respiratory system
- increase in the number of muscle cells
- increase in the efficiency of the circulatory system
- increase in the number of myofibrils within the muscle cells
- all of these occur as a result of exercise

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increase in the number of muscle cells

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An elaborate network of membranes in the skeletal muscle cells that functions in calcium storage is the:

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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A sarcomere is:

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the area between two Z lines

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The major function of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in muscle contraction is to:

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regulate intracellular calcium concentration

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The striations of skeletal muscle are produced, for the most part, by:

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the arrangement of myofilaments

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Which of the following are composed of myosin? thin filaments, thick filaments , all myofibrils , Z lines , I bands

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thick filaments

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Which of the following surrounds an individual muscle cell? perimysium, epimysium, endomysium, fascicle, tendon sheath

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endomysium

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Rigor mortis occurs because:

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ATP is required to release the attached actin and myosin molecules

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One functional unit of a skeletal muscle is: a muscle fiber, the sarcoplasmic reticulum, a myofilament, a myofibril, a sarcomere

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a sarcomere