9. Muscle Tissue
Steps of Muscle Contraction
- Open QuestionWhen Eric returned from jogging, he was breathing heavily and sweating profusely, and he complained that his legs ached and felt weak. On the basis of what you have learned about muscle energy metabolism, respond to the following questions:b. What ATP-harvesting pathway have his working muscles been using that leads to such a breathing pattern?
- Multiple ChoiceAcetylcholinesterase __________.
- Multiple Choice
True or False: if false, choose the answer that best corrects the statement.
The events of excitation-contraction coupling involve converting the electrochemical signal to the mechanical movement of contraction.
- Multiple Choice
During an action potential, the phase where ___________ moves into the cell results in depolarization while the phase where ______________ exits the cell results in repolarization.
- Multiple Choice
What is the role of the calcium ion in the signaling of an action potential at the neuromuscular junction?
- Multiple Choice
True or false: if false, choose the answer that best corrects the statement:
The motor neuron is in contact with the sarcolemma in order to efficiently pass the electrical signal to the muscle fiber.
- Multiple Choice
Voltage gated channels respond to the depolarization of an action potential by releasing Ca. Where are these channels located?
- Multiple Choice
How does tropomyosin regulate muscle contraction?
- Multiple Choice
In a skeletal muscle fiber, which structure would you expect to have the greatest total surface area?
- Multiple Choice
Which part of the cross-bridge cycle is called the power stroke?
- Multiple Choice
What would happen if a muscle completely ran out of ATP during a muscle contraction.
- Multiple ChoiceThe final "go" signal for skeletal muscle contraction is __________.
- Multiple ChoiceThe space between the axon terminus of the neuron and the sarcolemma of the muscle fiber is the __________.
- Multiple ChoiceChoose the true statement.
- Multiple ChoiceDuring the phase of excitation-contraction coupling of skeletal muscle, what occurs immediately after the action potential spreads down the T tubule?