Muscle Tissue and Fibre Types

Muscle Tissue and Fibre Types

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How many muscle tissue types are there?

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Which muscle tissue type is found in the walls of the heart?

• Smooth

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

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What is cardiac muscle also known as?

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Cardiac muscles requires aerobic respiration.

• True

• False

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How does smooth muscle contract?

• Voluntary

• Involuntary

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Smooth muscle contracts as a "consecutive contraction" - which word describes this contraction?

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Smooth muscle is found in blood vessels, controlling blood pressure via vasodilation and vasoconstriction. Which receptor is responsible for controlling blood pressure?

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How does skeletal muscle contract?

• Voluntary

• Involuntary

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What type of respiration causes skeletal muscle contraction?

• Aerobic

• Anaerobic

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Skeletal muscle causes movement by pulling on bones, what connects skeletal muscle to bones?

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Which is the very outer layer of skeletal muscle, that holds all of the fibres in place?

• Endomysium

• Perimysium

• Epimysium

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Which structure surrounds a single muscle fibre?

• Endomysium

• Perimysium

• Epimysium

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How many muscle fibre types are there?

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Which fibre type is a type 1 fibre?

• Slow

• Fast

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Type 1 fibres are more resistant to fatigue.

• True

• False

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Which sporting example is a type 1 fibre more likely to be recruited for?

• A jump shot in basketball

• A push pass in hockey

• Running a marathon

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Which fibre type is a type 2a fibre?

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Which energy pathway(s) will a Type 2a fibre type use?

• Aerobic

• Anaerobic

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Which sporting example is a type 2a fibre type more likely to be recruited for?

• A 15 shot tennis rally

• A penalty shot in football

• A cycling road race

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Type 2x fibre types contract the most powerfully.

• True

• False

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Due to their energy pathway they have very little capillaries, causing them to be white in colour. What is their energy pathway?

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A slap shot in ice hockey is a good example of the recruitment of Type 2x fibres.

• True

• False

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Is it possible to recruit all 3 fibre types in the same sport - for example in a game of rugby?

• Yes

• No