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Sliding Filament Theory

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

Please select the correct order

a)

1. Muscle cell releases calcium

2. Neurotransmitter releases acetylcholine

3. Sodium & Potassium pump opens

4. Acteylcholine signals cell membrane gates to open

b)

1. Neurotransmitter releases acetylcholine

2. Acteylcholine signals cell membrane gates to open

3. Sodium & Potassium pump opens

4. Muscle cell releases calcium

c)

1. Sodium & Potassium pump opens

2. Acteylcholine signals cell membrane gates to open

3. Muscle cell releases calcium

4. Neurotransmitter releases acetylcholine

d)

1. Neurotransmitter releases acetylcholine

2. Acteylcholine signals cell membrane gates to open

3. Muscle cell releases calcium

4.Sodium & Potassium pump opens

2.

As calcium binds to actin the myosin heads are allowed to bind to the actin forming a cross-bridge and begin to slide over mysoin.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

When ATP binds to the myosin head the myosin head then _____________.

a)

completes a power stroke

b)

attaches to actin

c)

rotates

d)

detaches from actin

4.

Looking at the figure what molecule will allow the myosin head to detach from actin.

a)

ADP

b)

Myosin

c)

ATP

d)

Creatine Phosphate

5.

Looking at the figure which one is a fully contracted muscle?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

All are contracted

6.

Which is not a way that cells make energy?

a)

Creatine Phosphate

b)

Fermentation

c)

Cellular Respiration

d)

Sliding Filament Theory

7.

For activities that last hours which energy-making process does your body go through?

a)

Creatine Phosphate

b)

Fermentation

c)

Cellular Respiration

d)

Sliding Filament Theory

8.

The fastest way to make ATP available for muscles

a)

Creatine Phosphate

b)

Fermentation

c)

Cellular Respiration

d)

Sliding Filament Theory

9.

Which equation does this belong to: Glucose ->2 ATP + pyruvic acid->lactic acid?

a)

Creatine Phosphate

b)

Fermentation

c)

Cellular Respiration

d)

Sliding Filament Theory

10.

Actin is the ...

a)

Thick Filament within a Muscle Fibre

b)

Thin Filament within a Muscle Fibre

c)

Protein that covers myosin-binding sites

d)

Molecule that causes muscle contraction

11.

Myosin is the ...

a)

Thin Filament of a muscle fibre

b)

Segment of a muscle fibre

c)

A molecule that changes shape when bound with Calcium Ions

d)

Thick Filament of a muscle fibre

12.

Myofibril is an arrangement of ___________ within a muscle fibre.

a)

Bands

b)

Sacromeres

c)

Proteins

d)

Crossbridges

13.

True or False: Cross-bridges is when a myosin head attaches to an actin during contraction

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What does the Myosin Heads release to relax and pull the Actin filament?

a)

ATP

b)

ADP

c)

CNS

d)

ETC

15.

What causes the muscle to stop contracting?

a)

Lack of effort

b)

Myosin-Heads fail to attach

c)

Calcium Ions are pumped away

d)

Muscle fibre tears

16.

___are regulatory proteins that cover the myosin binding site on the actin.

a)

troponin-tropomyosin

b)

sarcomere

c)

sarcolemma

d)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

17.

Calcium is stored in the ___.

a)

sarcoplasm

b)

sarcolemma

c)

sarcoplasmic reticulum

d)

transverse tubules

18.

___slides inward during muscle contraction.

a)

actin

b)

myosin