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Muscle Test Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Functions of the muscle system includes all except:

a)

Immunity

b)

Heat production

c)

Body movement

d)

Stabilize joints

2.

Which thin filament protein bind to Ca during muscle contraction?

a)

Actin

b)

Myosin

c)

Troponin

d)

Tropomyosin

3.

Which muscle characteristic allows the muscle to return to resting length after contraction?

a)

Contractility

b)

Excitability

c)

Extensibility

d)

Tension

4.

What is the contractile unit of the muscle?

a)

Z disk

b)

Sarcomere

c)

Muscle fiber

d)

Muscle cell

5.

What protein makes up the thick filaments?

a)

Troponin

b)

Tropomyosin

c)

Myosin

d)

Actin

6.

What part of the muscle fiber stores Ca ions and releases them when stimulated?

a)

T tubule

b)

Sarcolemma

c)

Nucleus

d)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

7.

What is the name of the neurotransmitter that is released from the neuron to the sarcolemma?

a)

Acetylcholine

b)

Acetone

c)

ATP

d)

Calcium

8.

Which of these occurs last during a muscle contraction?

a)

The nerve signal reaches the neuromuscular junction

b)

Ach is released and opens Na ion channels

c)

The sarcomere shortens

d)

The myosin binds to the actin

9.

Which of these occurs first during a muscle contraction?

a)

The nerve signal reaches the neuromuscular junction

b)

Ach is released and opens Na ion channels

c)

The sarcomere shortens

d)

The myosin binds to the actin

10.

The green arrows are pointing at the border between sarcomeres called the.....

a)

M Line

b)

H Line

c)

Z disk

d)

I Line

11.

Covers the binding sites preventing actin from binding with myosin heads

a)

Troponin

b)

Tropomyosin

c)

Actin

d)

Myosin

12.

What happens to the levels of calcium in this type of contraction?

a)

Remains high, so muscle continues to contract

b)

Calcium is released from SR, some retreat back during relaxation, but not all

c)

Calcium is used up completely

d)

There is no calcium used in this contraction

13.

Found in the heart

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

skeletal

d)

all

14.

Found in the walls of hollow organs; like intestines and the bladder

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

skeletal

d)

all

15.

Use to move materials through contractions

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

skeletal

d)

all

16.
Skeletal muscles always work _____.
a)
in groups
b)
in pairs
c)
singly
d)
none of the above
17.
Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are considered _____ muscles because we can’t control them consciously.
a)
Immovable
b)
Involuntary
c)
Skeletal
d)
none of the above
18.

Name the following in order from largest to smallest:

a)

muscle, muscle fascicle, muscle cell, myofibril, filaments

b)

muscle, muscle fascicle, muscle cell, filaments, myofibril

c)

muscle, muscle cell, muscle fascicle, myofibril, filaments

d)

muscle, muscle cell, muscle fascicle, filaments, myofibril

19.

Produced as a result of anaerobic respiration

a)

lactic acid

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

water

20.

Aerobic respiration requires

a)

lactic acid

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

water

21.

In order to make ATP from ADP, creatine phosphate (CP) transfers

a)

oxygen

b)

phosphate

c)

adenosine

d)

potassium

22.

How many ATP is acquired during aerobic respiration?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

36

23.

When the muscle is ready to contract, what is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

a)

ATP

b)

myosin

c)

actin

d)

calcium 2+

24.

Calcium binds to the proteins found on actin. What effect does this have?

a)

The proteins pull on myosin to contract the muscle

b)

The proteins move over and expose where myosin can bind

c)

The proteins move over and expose where ATP can bind

d)

The proteins pull on actin to contract the muscle

25.

The H zone changes size during a muscle contraction.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The entire muscle is encased by connective tissue called the

a)

sacromere

b)

sarcoplasm

c)

myosin

d)

epimysium

27.

The _______________ covers bundles of cells (fascicles) within the muscle.

a)

endomysium

b)

perimysium

c)

sarcoplasm

d)

tendon

28.

the cytoplasm of a muscle cell is called the

a)

myosin

b)

actin

c)

fascia

d)

sarcoplasm

29.
Which type(s) of muscle tissue have visible striations
a)
Only Cardiac Muscle
b)
Only Skeletal Muscle
c)
Only Smooth Muscle
d)
Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle
30.

A _____ is the name for a single motor neuron and all of the muscle cells it stimulates.

a)

synapse

b)

axon terminal

c)

motor unit

d)

action potenial

31.

Slow-twitch fibers contract quickly.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What type of contraction results in the shortening of a muscle?

a)

concentric

b)

eccentric

c)

isometric

d)

isokenetic

33.

Compared to skeletal muscle, smooth muscle

a)

contracts more slowly and relaxes more slowly

b)

contracts more slowly and relaxes more rapidly

c)

contracts more rapidly and relaxes more slowly

d)

contracts more rapidly and relaxes more rapidly

34.

Rigor mortis that occurs in skeletal muscles a few hours after death is due to

a)

excessive ATP, which prevents muscle relaxation

b)

lack of ATP, which prevents muscle relaxation

c)

excessive ATP, which causes muscle contraction

d)

None of these

35.
Anaerobic respiration in muscle cells 
a)
causes fatigue
b)
produces lactic acid
c)
occurs with a lack of oxygen
d)
all of these