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Locomotion and Movement- Quiz 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

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1.

Z-line divides the myofibrils into –

a)

Sarcomere

b)

Sarcolemma

c)

Sarcosome

d)

Microtubules

2.

The region between the ends of the A-bands of 2-adjoining sarcomeres is called –

a)

The Z-band

b)

The H-zone

c)

The T-tubule

d)

The I-band

3.

Choose the letter from the figure that most appropriately corresponds to the structure –

I. A-band II. I-band III. Sarcomere IV. H-zone V. Myosin VI. Actin, Troponin, Tropomyosin VII. Z - line

a)

I - E, II - D, III - F, IV - A, V - B, VI - C, VII - G

b)

I - E, II - D, III - C, IV - G, V - B, VI - A, VII - F

c)

I - E, II - D, III - F, IV - G, V - C, VI - A, VII - B

d)

I - E, II - D, III - F, IV - G, V - B, VI - C, VII - A

4.

An individual sarcomere consist of –

a)

A stack of actin fibres

b)

A stack of myosin units

c)

Overlapping actin and myosin

d)

Overlapping myosin and membrane

5.

The action potential that triggers a muscle contraction travels deep within the muscle cell by means of –

a)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

b)

Transverse tubules

c)

Synapse

d)

Motor end plates

6.

A motor unit is best described as –

a)

All the nerve fibres and muscle fibres in a single muscle bundle

b)

One muscle fibre and its single nerve fibre

c)

A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibres that it innervates

d)

It is the neuron which carries the messsage from muscle to CNS

7.

According to the sliding filament theory –

a)

Actin (thin filament) moves past myosin (thick filament)

b)

Myosin moves past actin

c)

Both myosin and actin move past each other

d)

None of these is correct

8.

Relaxation of muscle is due to –

a)

Pumping of Ca+2 into sarcoplasmic cisternae

b)

Presence of ATP

c)

Confirmational change in troponin and masking of actin filaments

d)

a and c

9.

When a skeletal muscle shortens during contraction which of these statements is false?

a)

The I-band shortens

b)

The A-band shortens

c)

The H-zone becomes narrow

d)

The sarcomeres shorten

10.

The diagrams given above show 3 different condition of sarcomeres. Identify these conditions –

a)

A - contracting, B - relaxed, C - maximally contracted

b)

A - relaxed, B - contracting, C - maximally contracted

c)

A - maximally contracted, B - contracting, C - relaxed

d)

A - relaxed, B - maximally contracted, C - contracting