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Skeletal muscle - structure and function

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the correct order?

a)

Fascicle, muscle fiber, myofibril, sarcomere, myofilament

b)

Sarcomere, muscle fiber, fascicle, myofibril, myofilament

c)

Muscle fiber, fascicle, sarcomere, myofibril, myofilament

d)

Fascicle, muscle fiber, myofilament, myofibril, sarcomere

2.

The heads of the myosin filaments are called ___ when they link the thin and thin filaments together

a)

Connections

b)

Cross-connections

c)

Cross-bridges

d)

Power stroke

3.

What is the function of Ca++ during a skeletal muscle contraction?

a)

Connecting to nebulin

b)

Connecting to tropomyosin

c)

Connection to myosin

d)

Connecting to troponin

4.

D on the image would be

a)

Myofibril

b)

Sarcomere

c)

Sarcolemma

d)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

5.

The protein that covers the binding site on actin when a muscle is relaxed is called

a)

Troponin

b)

Nebulin

c)

Tropomyosin

d)

Myosin

6.

This structure stores calcium in the muscle cell

a)

Sarcolemma

b)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

c)

Sarcomere

d)

Sarcocalcium storage

7.

The A band contains which type of filaments

a)

Only thick

b)

Only thin

c)

Both thick and thin

8.

Which of the following occurs When ATP binds to the myosin head?

a)

Myosin head detaches from actin

b)

Myosin head forms cross-bridge

c)

Myosin undergoes power stroke

d)

Myosin releases calcium

9.

Which of the following decreases during muscle contraction?

a)

M line

b)

A band

c)

H zone

d)

Z line

10.

Ca++ will be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum when

a)

the action potential reaches the neuromuscular junction

b)

ATP binds to sarcoplasmic reticulum

c)

Acetylcholine enters the synaptic cleft

d)

Action potential travels along T tubules

11.

The power stroke will occur when

a)

ATP binds to the myosin head

b)

The myosin head hydrolyses ATP into ADP and Pi

c)

The myosin head releases Pi

d)

The myosin head releases ADP

12.

What ion in the neuromuscular junction causes an action potential to travel along the sarcolemma?

a)

Ca++

b)

AChE

c)

Na+

d)

ATP

13.

the functional contractile unit within a muscle fiber is called the

a)

sarcomere

b)

fascia

c)

sarcoplasm

d)

tendon

14.

the cytoplasm of a muscle cell is called the

a)

myosin

b)

actin

c)

fascia

d)

sarcoplasm

15.

Structure B is known as the thin filaments of the sarcomere, what is another name for the thin filaments?

a)

myosin

b)

actin

c)

fascia

d)

myofibril