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Unit 4-Muscle System-Part 2-Muscle Contraction-Gen Anat

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is necessary for the myosin to release the actin?

a)

ATP

b)

Calcium

c)

ADP

d)

Sodium

2.

What does the myosin do to the actin?

a)

Nothing

b)

Pushes on it

c)

Pulls on it

d)

Breaks it into pieces

3.

What is a crossbridge?

a)

Where myosin binds to actin

b)

Where the calcium crosses into the cytoplasm

c)

Where calcium binds with troponin

d)

Where titin and myosin are connected

4.

What does calcium do to the actin?

a)

Covers myosin binding sites

b)

Uncovers myosin binding sites

c)

Covers actin binding sites

d)

Uncovers actin binding sites

5.

What is the name of the protein that covers the binding sites on actin?

a)

Myosin

b)

Titin

c)

Troponin

d)

Tropomyosin

6.

What does the sarcoplasmic reticulum do?

a)

Stores sodium

b)

Stores ATP

c)

Releases sodium

d)

Stores calcium

7.

What is the name of the place where a nerve meets a muscle fiber

a)

Nerve junction

b)

Neuromuscular junction

c)

Muscle junction

d)

Crossbridge

8.

How does the sarcomere shorten (contract) ?

a)

The myosin filaments contract

b)

The actin filaments contract

c)

The myosin is pulled by the actin

d)

The actin is pulled by the myosin

9.

When a muscle is relaxed and in a lengthened position, what is the relationship between actin filaments?

a)

They are on top of one another

b)

They are beside each other

c)

They are close to each other

d)

They are far apart from each other

10.

What two chemicals are necessary for muscle contraction to occur?

a)

Niacin and Potassium

b)

Calcium and ATP

c)

Sodium and Potassium

d)

Acetylcholine and Potassium

11.

Skeletal Muscle contraction is initiated when the ________ sends a message to the muscle cell.

a)

Muscle cell

b)

Gland

c)

Neuron

d)

None of the above

12.

The neurotransmitter that signals muscle contraction is...

a)

Calcium

b)

Actin

c)

Myosin

d)

Ach (acetylcholine)

13.

The functional unit of the muscle cell is the:

a)

Sarcomere

b)

Myofilament

c)

Osteon

d)

Muscle fiber

14.

Rigor mortis occur because

a)

Lack of calcium ions attach to tropomyosin

b)

Lack of ATP attach to the myosin head

c)

Muscle stiff due to lack of heat

d)

Lactic acid accumulates in muscle

15.

Power stroke will occur when

a)

ATP binds to myosin head

b)

Myosin head releases ADP and Pi

c)

Myosin head hydrolyse ATP

d)

Myosin binds to actin

16.

Which of the following refers to the muscle cell?

a)

Myofibril

b)

Myofilament

c)

Fascicle

d)

Muscle fiber

17.

Ca2+ will be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum when

a)

impulse reaches neuromuscular junction

b)

impulse transmitted along T tubule

c)

ATP binds to sarcoplasmic reticulum

d)

acetyl choline binds to ligand gated ion channels

18.

The point at which the nerve cell reaches the sarcolemma of the muscle fiber is the _____.

a)

Neurotransmitter

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Synaptic cleft

d)

Neuromuscular Junction

19.

One neuron and all the skeletal muscle cells it stimulates is the ____ ___.

a)

Neurotransmitter

b)

Neuromuscular junction

c)

Motor unit

d)

Synaptic cleft

20.

The gap between the nerve cell and sarcolemma is the ____ ___.

a)

Synaptic cleft

b)

Neurotransmitter

c)

Motor unit

d)

Neuromuscular junction

21.

What is the name of the component that houses the neurotransmitters?

a)

Synaptic cleft

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Receptors

d)

Synaptic vesicles

22.

Once ACh binds to receptor cells on the sarcolemma, what takes place?

a)

Sarcolemma becomes temporarily permeable to sodium.

b)

The muscle contracts.

c)

Calcium is pumped into the axon terminal.

d)

Synaptic vesicles move to the end of the terminal.

23.

Structure #1 is the ____________

a)

Synaptic vesicle

b)

Axon of motor neuron

c)

Mitochondrion

d)

Sarcolemma

24.

Structure #3 is the ____________

a)

Synaptic vesicle

b)

Axon of motor neuron

c)

Mitochondrion

d)

Sarcolemma

25.

Structure #5 is the ____________

a)

Synaptic vesicle

b)

Myofibrils

c)

Mitochondrion

d)

Sarcolemma

26.

Structure #2 is the ____________

a)

Synaptic vesicle

b)

Myofibrils

c)

Neuromuscular junction

d)

Synaptic cleft