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Neuromuscular contraction - Runshaw A&P

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Neurotransmitter

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Synaptic cleft

d)

Neuromuscular Junction

2.

The gap between the neuromuscular junction and the muscle fibre is the ____ ___.

a)

Synaptic cleft

b)

Neurotransmitter

c)

Motor unit

d)

Neuromuscular junction

3.

What is the neurotransmitter that stimulates skeletal muscles?

a)

GABA

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Serotonin

d)

Dopamine

4.

Ca2+ will be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum when

a)

impulse reaches neuromuscular junction

b)

impulse/acetylcholine carries over into the fibre

c)

ATP binds to sarcoplasmic reticulum

d)

acetyl choline binds to ligand gated ion channels

5.

Ca2+ released by sarcoplasmic reticulum will bind to

a)

Actin

b)

Troponin

c)

Myosin

d)

Tropomyosin

6.
Thick filaments are in a myofibril are
a)
ATPase
b)
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
c)
Actin
d)
Myosin
7.
Thin filaments in a myofibril are
a)
Sarcomeres
b)
Sarcoplasm
c)
Actin
d)
Myosin
8.
What two chemicals are necessary for muscle contraction to occur?
a)
Niacin and Potassium
b)
Calcium and ATP
c)
Sodium and Potassium
d)
Ach and Potassium
9.
What is the structure that stores the Calcium in the muscle cell.  
a)
Sarcoplasm
b)
Sarcolemma
c)
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
d)
Myoglobin
10.
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)
None of the answers are correct.
11.

What is another name for an impulse sent from the brain

a)

Action Potential

b)

Signal

c)

Neurotransmitter

d)

Hormone

12.

Sensory nerves do what...

a)

send messages from the senses to the brain

b)

send messages from the muscle to the heart

c)

send messages from the brain to the muscle

d)

process information in the brain

13.

Motor nerves do what...

a)

send messages from the senses to the brain to process

b)

send messages from the muscle to the heart

c)

send messages from the brain to the muscle to move

d)

process information in the brain

14.

What is at point A

a)

I band - decreases upon contraction

b)

Z line - decreases upon contraction

c)

H zone - decreases upon contraction

d)

A band - width of myosin, stays the same

15.

What is at point B

a)

I band - decreases upon contraction

b)

Z line - decreases upon contraction

c)

H zone - decreases upon contraction

d)

A band - width of myosin, stays the same

16.

What is at point C

a)

I band - decreases upon contraction

b)

Z line - decreases upon contraction

c)

H zone - decreases upon contraction

d)

A band - width of myosin, stays the same

17.

What is at point D

a)

I band - decreases upon contraction

b)

Z line - decreases upon contraction

c)

H zone - decreases upon contraction

d)

A band - width of myosin, stays the same

18.

Which enzyme catalyzes the reaction of ATP to help myosin bind to actin

a)

ATP Sythetase

b)

ATPase

c)

ATPose

d)

ADP

19.

Shortening or moving action of a muscle

a)

Concentric

b)

Eccentric

c)

Isometric

d)

Isotonic

20.

Lengthening motion of the muscle under tension/gravity

a)

Concentric

b)

Eccentric

c)

Isometric

d)

Isotonic

21.

No movement in the muscle but it is under tension

a)

Concentric

b)

Eccentric

c)

Isometric

d)

Isotonic