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Muscle Contraction

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What neurotransmitter is used at the neuromuscular junction that sends a signal from the motor neuron to the skeletal muscle?

a)

Glutamate

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

Norepinephrine

d)

Dopamine

2.

What is the function of acetylcholine?

a)

ACh binds to receptors on the sarcolemma and opens ion channels

b)

ACh binds to receptors on the sarcolemma and closes ion channels

c)

ACh binds to ion channels and open them

d)

ACh binds to ion channels and closes them

3.

Calcium inside the muscle cell binds to which filament, causing a shape change and revealing the active sites.

a)

Actin

b)

Myosin

c)

Troponin

d)

Tropomyosin

4.

What binds to the active site on actin?

a)

Actin

b)

Myosin

c)

Troponin

d)

Tropomyosin

5.

What is a cross-bridge?

a)

When troponin and tropomyosin undergo a shape change

b)

When the active site of actin is revealed

c)

When the myosin heads bind to the actin active site

d)

When the actin filaments slide past the myosin filaments

6.

How do the actin filaments "slide"?

a)

With the help of acetylcholine

b)

With the help of ADP

c)

With the help of ATP

d)

With the help of calcium

7.

When is ATP needed?

a)

When actin slides

b)

When myosin heads bind to actin

c)

When myosin heads release from actin

d)

When myosin slides

8.

After the muscle is no longer stimulated, what occurs first

a)

Acetylcholinesterase is released and removes ACh

b)

The muscle continues to contract for a few more minutes

c)

Enzymes break down calcium ions

d)

The ion channels pump sodium back out of the cell and potassium back into the cell

9.

Which ways do muscles get their energy from?

a)

Creatine Phosphate

b)

Anaerobic Respiration

c)

Kreb Cycle

d)

Aerobic Respiration

10.

What is the most basic level of the muscular structure?

a)

Sarcolemma

b)

Sarcomeres

c)

Fibers

d)

fascicles

11.

The actin is labeled here as _______.

a)

AD

b)

AC

c)

BC

d)

AB

12.

The myosin is labeled here as _______.

a)

BD

b)

AC

c)

BC

d)

AB

13.

Which of the following occur when ATP binds to the myosin head?

a)

Myosin head change to low energy configuration

b)

Myosin head undergoes power stroke

c)

Myosin head detach from actin

d)

Myosin head forms cross bridge

14.

Ca2+ released by sarcoplasmic reticulum will bind to

a)

Actin

b)

Troponin

c)

Myosin

d)

Tropomyosin

15.

where the terminal branches of a motor neuron and the sarcolemma of a skeletal muscle fiber "join"

a)

plasmodesmata

b)

neuromuscular junction

c)

gap junction

d)

intercalated disc

16.

During a muscle contraction...

a)

actin pulls on the myosin

b)

myosin pulls on the actin

c)

tropomyosin pulls on the myosin

d)

troponin pulls on the actin

17.

Which of the following substances are absolutely necessary for muscle contraction?

a)

ATP and Na+

b)

ATP and Ca2+

c)

ADP+P

d)

ADP and Ca2+

18.

__________ is attached to the Z line?

a)

myosin

b)

actin

c)

thick filament

d)

troponin

19.

What is the contractile unit formed from Z line to Z line?

a)

Sarcomere

b)

T Tubule

c)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

d)

Fascicle

20.

____________ attaches to actin to form the cross bridge.

a)

Troponin

b)

Tropomyosin

c)

Myosin

d)

Calcium

21.

What is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

a)

Inorganic phosphate

b)

ADP

c)

Calcium

d)

ATP

22.
A mitochondria's role in muscle contraction is the production of...
a)
Synthesis of ATP
b)
Metabolism of ATP
c)
Synthesis of Proteins
d)
Metabolism of Worn out Proteins
23.
Which is more true to cause muscle contraction?
a)
Actin Pulls on the myosin
b)
Myosin Pulls on the Titin
c)
Myosin Pulls on Actin
d)
Actin Pulls on Titin
24.
Which ion, when present, changes the conformation of tropomyosin?
a)
Calcium
b)
Sodium
c)
Potassium
d)
Lithium
25.

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

26.

Which of the following are the regulatory protein in muscle contraction? (Multiple answer)

a)

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

b)

Actin

c)

Troponin

d)

Myosin

e)

Tropomyosin

27.

Rigor mortis occur because

a)

Lack of calcium ions attach to tropomyosin

b)

Lack of ATP attach to the myosin head

c)

Muscle stiff due to lack of heat

d)

Lactic acid accumulates in muscle

28.

Which of the following refers to the muscle cell?

a)

Myofibril

b)

Myofilament

c)

Fascicle

d)

Muscle fiber

29.

It is the part of the muscle structure that invaginations of the plasma membrane, which are present exclusively in striated muscle

a)

Sarcolemma

b)

T-tubules

c)

Actin

d)

Myosin

30.

Which among the following is correct?

a)

As long as Ca++ ions remain in the sarcoplasm to bind to troponin, and as long as ATP is available, the muscle fiber will continue to shorten.

b)

As long as Ca++ ions is absent in the sarcoplasm to bind to troponin, and as long as ADP is available, the muscle fiber will continue to shorten.

c)

As long as Na+ ions remain in the sarcoplasm to bind to troponin, and as long as ATP is available, the muscle fiber will continue to shorten.

d)

As long as Ca++ ions remain in the sarcoplasm to bind to troponin, and as long as Na+ is available, the muscle fiber will continue to shorten.

31.

What is the length between Z-lines of an actin molecule called?

a)

fascicle

b)

sarcomere

c)

myosin binding site

d)

sarcoplasmic length

32.
A bundle of muscle fibers is known as a...
a)
fascicle
b)
sarcomere
c)
tendon
d)
epimysium
33.
Another name for a muscle cell is...
a)
muscle fiber
b)
fascicle
c)
sarcomere
d)
thick filament
34.
Sarcolemma is another name for...
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)
mitochonrdia
35.
The connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle is called...
a)
epimysium
b)
perimysium
c)
endomysium
36.
The connective tissue that surrounds fascicles is called...
a)
epimysium
b)
perimysium
c)
endomysium
37.
The connective tissue that surrounds each individual muscle cell is called...
a)
epimysium
b)
perimysium
c)
endomysium
38.
The basic functional unit of a muscle fiber separated by the Z lines is called _____.
a)
sarcolemma
b)
sarcomere
c)
filaments
d)
myofibril
39.
Myofibrils are made up of two types of proteins known as?
a)
Actin and Myosin
b)
Troponin and Tropomyosin
c)
Myoglobin and hemoglobin
d)
none of these
40.
A cross bridge is the connection between which two proteins?
a)
actin/myosin
b)
actin/troponin
c)
myosin/tropomyosin
d)
actin/z-line
41.

What is the function of the sarcoplasmic reticulum?

a)

stores phosphorus

b)

stores calcium

c)

stores sodium

d)

stores potassium

42.

Why is calcium needed for muscle contraction?

a)

causes the binding of neurotransmitters to receptors

b)

causes the binding of myosin to actin

c)

increases the action potential

d)

changes the shape of myosin

43.

What structure is shown here?

a)

neuromuscular junction

b)

sarcomere

c)

origin and insertion

d)

synaptic cleft

44.
List the structures of a muscle from smallest to largest
a)
myofibril, muscle fiber, fascicle, muscle
b)
fascicle, muscle, myofibril, muscle fiber
c)
fascicle, sarcomere, muscle, muscle fiber
d)
myofibril, muscle, fascicle, sarcomere
45.
What is the first step to a muscle contraction? 
a)
The muscle impulse goes down the T Tubules
b)
The nerve impulse is sent to a motor neuron
c)
Acetylecholine passes into the synaptic cleft
d)
Calcium ions diffuse into the sarcoplasm
46.
specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum that surrounds each myofibril, it stores calcium and releases on demand
a)
sarcolemma
b)
sarcoplasmic reticulum
c)
thick filament
d)
thin filament
47.

The myosin is labeled here as _______.

a)

BD

b)

AC

c)

BC

d)

AB

48.

The actin is labeled here as _______.

a)

AD

b)

AC

c)

BC

d)

AB

49.

During full muscle contraction the A Band will...

a)

disappear

b)

increase in width

c)

stay the same

d)

decrease in width

50.

During a muscle contraction the 'Z' Lines of the sarcomere will...

a)

disappear

b)

remain in place

c)

move farther apart

d)

move closer together

51.

During a muscle contraction the H Zone will...

a)

remain the same width

b)

decrease in

width

c)

increase in width

52.

Which of the following occurs first in muscle contraction?

a)

calcium ions exit the sarcoplasmic reticulum

b)

Sodium Ion enters the sarcolemma

c)

sodium ions bind to troponin

d)

acetylcholine binds to the receptors in the sarcolemma

53.

Which of the following occurs first in muscle contraction?

a)

Myosin-actin cross bridges form

b)

calcium ions bind to troponin

c)

the troponin-tropomyosin complex moves away from the actin binding sites

d)

ATP binds to the myosin head, which "let's go" of the thin filament

54.

Ca2+ will be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum when...

a)

impulse reaches neuromuscular junction

b)

ATP binds to sarcoplasmic reticulum

c)

impulse transmitted along T-tubules

d)

acetylcholine binds to ligand gated ion channels