11/22 DMD Unit vocab

What is the name of the disease that causes muscles to break down and get weaker over time?

• DMD

• MDM

• Dystrophin

• Actin

DMD affects...

• mostly males

• mostly females

• everyone equally

• only old people

People with DMD do not usually live past their teens.

• True

• False

Which word means "to break down and get worse over time"?

• degenerate

• dystrophin

• contract

• X-linked

Muscles move by...

• contracting

• degenerating

• growing

• tearing

Healthy muscles grow as a result of...

• tearing and repairing

• tearing and degenerating

• multiplying to add more cells

• a lack of use

DMD muscles do not grow because...

• they tear but do not repair

• they do not tear

• their cells cannot multiply

What is wrong with the dystrophin of people with DMD?

• They have no dystrophin.

• Their dystrophin is too short.

• Their dystrophin is too long.

• They have too much dystrophin.

What happens to DMD muscles when they exercise?

• calcium leaks in and CK leaks out

• they remain intact

• they grow larger

• their dystrophin breaks down

Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle?

• smooth muscle

• cardiac muscle

• skeletal muscle

• neurological muscle