WorksheetsMuscles & Articulations
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
The connective tissue coverings of a skeletal muscle, listed from superficial to deep, are
Endomysium, perimysium & epimysium
endomysium, epimysium & perimysium
epimysium, endomysium & perimysium
epimysium, perimysium & endomysium
In a neuromuscular junction, action potentials cause Ca2+ channels in the presynaptic terminal to open.
True
False
The ___________ contains vesicles filled with acetylcholine.
axon terminal
motor end plate
neuromuscular junction
transverse tubule
The detachment of the myosin cross-bridges is directly triggered by
the repolarization of T tubules
the attachment of ATP to myosin heads
the hydrolysis of ATP
calcium ions
During muscle relaxation, calcium ions are transported into the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
True
False
sarcomeres are defined by ________ at each end
A lines
H lines
Q lines
Z lines
Which of the following is synonymous with "Muscle Cell?"
Myofilament
Myofibril
Myofiber
Myofibrillator
"A single motor neuron, it's associated motor end plates, and all the fibers it innervates" is the definition of what?
Motor Control
Motor Unit
Motor Pattern
Motor Fiber
What is the key neurotransmitter that allows the action potential to transfer to the sacrolemma?
Potassium
Dopamine
Acetylcholine
Adrenalyn
What structure carries the action potential deep into the muscle tissue?
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Transverse Tubules
Motor End Plate
Terminal Cisternae
How does Ca2+ binding to troponin C affectg muscle contraction?
Releases myosin from actin
Fuels the "powerstroke"
Binds myosin to actin
Exposes the active actin binding site
Check all the true statements about synovial joints...
Bones are separated by a space called the joint cavity
They have synovial fluid
They have an articular capsule
They are diarthroses
Freely mobile articulations
The articular capsule has two layers. The inner layer is the ______ and the outer layer is the ______?
Fibrous layer; synovial membrane
Synovial membrane; fibrous layer
Fibrous layer; joint cavity
Joint cavity; synovial membrane
All three joints in the figure are classified as __________.
fibrous joints
synovial joints
cartilaginous joints
Arthritis that attacks the joints via immune system
osteoarthritis
osteoporosis
rheumatoid
At what area of the sarcomere do actin and myosin overlap?
H band
I band
A band
Z disc
Muscle contraction requires both calcium and __________
This state occurs if impulses arrive so fast the muscle cannot relax at all and one prolonged contraction occurs.
This is defined as the minimum voltage required to produce a muscle contraction:
Tetanus
The end of a muscle that attaches to the more stationary bone is the:
