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Muscular system diseases

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

wasting away of muscle tissue

a)

atrophy

b)

hypertrophy

c)

lactic acidosis

d)

unfused tetanus

2.

Muscle fatigue is primarily due to a build-up of ______ during anaerobic respiration.

a)

acetylcholine

b)

ATP

c)

creatine phosphate

d)

lactic acid

3.

occurs because there is no ATP to remove myosin cross bridges after death

a)

atrophy

b)

muscle spasms

c)

myotonic dystrophy

d)

rigor mortis

4.

Inherited muscle-destroying diseases characterized by degeneration of individual muscle fibers (usually voluntary)

a)

Lactic acidosis

b)

Muscular dystrophy

c)

Myasthenia gravis

d)

Rigor mortis

5.

autoimmune disease that attacks acetylcholine receptors leading to muscle weakness

a)

Moebius disease

b)

Muscular dystrophy

c)

Myasthenia gravis

d)

Sarin gas exposure

6.

6th and 7th cranial nerve don’t develop; palsy on one (or both) side of face

a)

lactic acidosis

b)

Moebius disease

c)

Muscular dystrophy

d)

Myasthenia gravis

7.

sudden, involuntary contraction of single muscle in large group

a)

fasciculation

b)

fibrillation

c)

spasm

d)

tic

8.

muscles contract but have decreasing power to relax (become weak and waste away); symptoms more severe with each generation

a)

atrophy

b)

myasthenia gravis

c)

myotonic dystrophy

d)

rigor mortis

9.

A ______ can be used to measure skeletal muscle contraction. (i.e. in the "chewing lab")

a)

cardiogram

b)

encephalogram

c)

myogram

d)

telegram

10.

Sarin gas...

a)

inhibits acetylcholinesterase.

b)

inhibits the release of acetylcholine at the axon terminal.

c)

inhibits the release of Ca+2 in the muscle cell

d)

produces antibodies against acatylcholine receptors.