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Physiology: The Muscles That Move Us

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of muscle is found in hollow organs?

a)

skeletal

b)

smooth

c)

cardiac

d)

striated

2.

____________ are surrounded by perimysium and are made up of individual muscle cells.

a)

muscle bellies

b)

fasiculi

c)

muscle fibres

3.

Another name for the cell membrane of a muscle fibre is the plasmalemma.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The ends of a sarcomere are called a __________.

a)

Z-disk

b)

H-zone

c)

A-bands

5.

Myosin, a protein filament, is considered the __________ filament.

a)

thin

b)

thick

6.

This covers myosin binding sites at rest, before calcium can help to move it.

a)

troponin

b)

tropomyosin

c)

actin

d)

titin

7.

Titin is a myofilament that helps to prevent overstretching.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which main neurotransmitter helps to pass an electrical signal from a neuron to a muscle fibre?

a)

glutamate

b)

serotonin

c)

acetylcholine

9.

T-tubules help to bring electrical signals deep into the muscle fibres.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

In muscle fibres, calcium is stored (and released from) the ____________ _____________ .

a)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

b)

mitochondrial network

c)

terminal buttons