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Muscle Contraction

Authored by Desiree Boyett

Science

11th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 8+ times

Muscle Contraction
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What neurotransmitter is used at the neuromuscular junction that sends a signal from the motor neuron to the skeletal muscle?

Glutamate

Acetylcholine

Norepinephrine

Dopamine

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the function of acetylcholine?

ACh binds to receptors on the sarcolemma and opens ion channels

ACh binds to receptors on the sarcolemma and closes ion channels

ACh binds to ion channels and open them

ACh binds to ion channels and closes them

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Calcium inside the muscle cell binds to which filament, causing a shape change and revealing the active sites.

Actin

Myosin

Troponin

Tropomyosin

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What binds to the active site on actin?

Actin

Myosin

Troponin

Tropomyosin

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a cross-bridge?

When troponin and tropomyosin undergo a shape change

When the active site of actin is revealed

When the myosin heads bind to the actin active site

When the actin filaments slide past the myosin filaments

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do the actin filaments "slide"?

With the help of acetylcholine

With the help of ADP

With the help of ATP

With the help of calcium

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

When is ATP needed?

When actin slides

When myosin heads bind to actin

When myosin heads release from actin

When myosin slides

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