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Chapter 09 - Muscle

Chapter 09
Muscle
 

Multiple Choice Questions


 

1. A myofibril is 


A. A skeletal-muscle cell
B. Composed of filaments
C. Composed of proteins
D. Both a skeletal-muscle cell and composed of filaments
E. Both composed of filaments and composed of proteins

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

2. Thick filaments in skeletal muscle are composed of 


A. Actin
B. Myosin
C. Troponin
D. Calmodulin
E. Tropomyosin

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

3. During isotonic contraction of a skeletal-muscle fiber the 


A. Sarcomeres shorten
B. A bands shorten
C. I bands shorten
D. Both sarcomeres shorten and I bands shorten are correct
E. Both A bands shorten and I bands shorten are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-1
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4. Which of the following statements regarding the shortening of a skeletal-muscle fiber is not
true? When a skeletal-muscle fiber shortens, the 
A. Sarcomeres shorten
B. Distance between Z lines decreases
C. Myofilaments shorten
D. Myofilaments slide past each other
E. Length of the A bands remains the same

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

5. In skeletal muscle, calcium facilitates contraction by binding to 


A. Tropomyosin
B. Actin
C. Troponin
D. Myosin
E. The thick filament

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

6.  Binding of ________ to myosin permits cross-bridge _____________ between actin and
myosin.  
A.  ATP; attachment
B.  ATP; detachment
C.  Calcium; attachment
D.  Calcium; detachment
E.  Actin; detachment

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-2
Chapter 09 - Muscle

7.  ATP is necessary for each of the following mechanisms or functions in skeletal muscle
except  
A.  Sequestration of Ca2+ into the sarcoplasmic reticulum
B.  Dissociation of actin from myosin
C.  Release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum
D.  Movement of myosin cross bridges
E.  Maintenance of the polarized state of the skeletal-muscle membrane

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

8.  Rigor mortis occurs in a dead person because  


A.  ATP, which is necessary for the detachment of cross bridges, is not being formed
B.  ATP, which is necessary for the formation of cross bridges, is not being formed
C.  ATP, which is necessary for the formation of cross bridges, continues to be formed for
several hours after death
D.  Deterioration of muscle proteins prevents detachment of cross bridges
E.  None of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

9.  Rigor mortis is caused by  


A.  Buildup of lactic acid
B.  Lack of Ca2+
C.  Depletion of glycogen
D.  Lack of ATP
E.  Deficient acetylcholine receptors

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-3
Chapter 09 - Muscle

10.  The removal of calcium ions from the cytosol of skeletal muscle causes  
A.  The myosin binding sites on actin to be uncovered by tropomyosin
B.  Tropomyosin to change conformation and thereby move troponin molecules over cross-
bridge binding sites
C.  Troponin to change conformation and thereby expose cross-bridge binding sites
D.  The myosin binding sites on actin to be covered by tropomyosin
E.  None of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

11.  Which of the following statements is true regarding skeletal-muscle contraction?  


A.  The cross-bridge cycle refers to the sequence of events between the time an individual
cross bridge binds to a thin filament at the start of a muscle contraction and the time the cross
bridge releases the filament at the end of the contraction
B.  Excitation-contraction coupling refers to the binding of energized myosin to actin
C.  Binding of myosin to actin cannot take place in the absence of calcium ion
D.  A single twitch in skeletal muscle lasts about as long as the action potential that caused it
E.  All of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

12. "Motor unit" refers to 


A. A single motor neuron plus all the muscle fibers it innervates
B. A single muscle fiber plus all of the motor neurons that innervate it
C. All of the motor neurons supplying a single muscle
D. A pair of antagonistic muscles
E. All of the muscles that affect the movement of any given joint

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-4
Chapter 09 - Muscle

13. The transverse tubules in a skeletal-muscle fiber 


A. Store calcium ions
B. Form the Z lines
C. Provide a means of transmitting an action potential in the muscle plasma membrane to
central portions of the fiber
D. Store ATP
E. Run in parallel with the myofibrils

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

14. An action potential in the motor end plate rapidly spreads to the central portions of a
muscle cell by means of the 
A. Z lines
B. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
C. H zone
D. Transverse tubules
E. Pores in the plasma membrane

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

15. Which of the following statements regarding the motor end plate of a skeletal-muscle fiber
is true? 
A. Muscarinic receptors in the end plate are activated by binding to acetylcholine
B. Temporal summation of end plate potentials is required in order to trigger an action
potential in the muscle-fiber membrane
C. Acetylcholinesterase in the end plate membrane catalyzes the breakdown of acetylcholine
D. Sympathetic nerve fibers innervate skeletal muscle
E. All of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-5
Chapter 09 - Muscle

16. Curare 
A. Is an autoimmune disease
B. Blocks acetylcholinesterase
C. Is a muscarinic acetylcholine antagonist
D. Is a nicotinic acetylcholine antagonist
E. Both blocks acetylcholinesterase and is a muscarinic acetylcholine antagonist are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

17. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease - that is, a disease in which one's immune
system gradually attacks a part of one's own body, in this case the receptors for acetylcholine
at the neuromuscular junction. Which of the following drugs might be useful in treating this
disease? 
A. A drug that inhibits acetylcholinesterase
B. A drug that inhibits release of acetylcholine
C. Curare
D. Atropine (a muscarinic antagonist)
E. All of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 3. Apply


Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

18. During an isometric contraction of a skeletal muscle, 


A. The I bands shorten and the A bands stay the same length
B. The thick and thin filaments slide past each other
C. Sarcomere length does not change
D. Both the I bands shorten and the A bands stay the same length and the thick and thin
filaments slide past each other take place
E. None of the choices happen

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-6
Chapter 09 - Muscle

19. During any isometric twitch in a skeletal muscle, 


A. Tension exceeds load
B. Tetanus occurs
C. Load exceeds tension
D. The whole muscle shortens

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

20. Which of the following statements regarding skeletal-muscle contraction is true? 


A. During a lengthening contraction, the tension exerted by the muscle exceeds the load on
the muscle
B. Every isometric contraction begins and ends as an isotonic contraction
C. During every muscle contraction, muscle fibers change length
D. During every muscle contraction, tension is developed in the muscle
E. None of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

21. Which of the following statements best explains how tetanus can be generated in a
skeletal muscle, given the all-or-none nature of action potentials? 
A. During a single action potential in a skeletal muscle, there is not enough time for all of the
calcium in the sarcoplasmic reticulum to diffuse into the cytosol and bind to troponin
B. Skeletal muscle has no absolute refractory period
C. Skeletal muscle has a much longer absolute refractory period than does a motor neuron
D. During a single action potential in a skeletal muscle, there is not enough time for maximal
tension to develop before the Ca-ATPase begins sequestering calcium ions
E. Both during a single action potential in a skeletal muscle, there is not enough time for all of
the calcium in the sarcoplasmic reticulum to diffuse into the cytosol and bind to troponin and
skeletal muscle has a much longer absolute refractory period than does a motor neuron are
correct

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-7
Chapter 09 - Muscle

22. Which of the following statements regarding skeletal-muscle contraction is true? 


A. The tension developed during the contraction of a muscle fiber is dependent upon the
initial length of the fiber
B. There is a positive correlation between muscle-fiber length at the beginning of a
contraction and the tension that can be developed by the fiber: the longer the fiber, the greater
the tension
C. There is a positive correlation between the frequency of action potentials in a single muscle
fiber and the tension it can develop: the greater the frequency, the greater the tension, up to a
plateau
D. Both the tension developed during the contraction of a muscle fiber is dependent upon the
initial length of the fiber and there is a positive correlation between muscle-fiber length at the
beginning of a contraction and the tension that can be developed by the fiber: the longer the
fiber, the greater the tension are true
E. Both the tension developed during the contraction of a muscle fiber is dependent upon the
initial length of the fiber and there is a positive correlation between the frequency of action
potentials in a single muscle fiber and the tension it can develop: the greater the frequency, the
greater the tension, up to a plateau are true

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

23. The optimal length of a skeletal muscle is 


A. The length at which the muscle can generate its maximal tetanic tension
B. The shortest length the muscle can achieve while attached to bone, because the amount of
overlap between thick and thin filaments is maximal then
C. Approximately the same as its resting length
D. Both the length at which the muscle can generate its maximal tetanic tension and the
shortest length the muscle can achieve while attached to bone, because the amount of overlap
between thick and thin filaments is maximal then are correct
E. Both the length at which the muscle can generate its maximal tetanic tension and
approximately the same as its resting length are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-8
Chapter 09 - Muscle

24. The first means by which ATP is produced at the onset of contractile activity in a skeletal
muscle is 
A. Transfer of energy and phosphate from creatine phosphate to ADP
B. Oxidative phosphorylation
C. Glycolysis
D. Oxidation of fatty acids
E. Catabolism of myoglobin

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

25. When a muscle has been contracting for an extended period of time (more than a few
minutes), the primary source of ATP is 
A. Transfer of energy and phosphate from creatine phosphate to ADP
B. Glycolysis
C. Oxidative phosphorylation
D. Breakdown of myosin
E. None of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

26. After heavy exercise, breathing remains labored for some time, indicating a continuing
need for increased oxygen. In muscle cells recovering from exercise, 
A. Oxygen is used for oxidation of lactic acid metabolites to generate ATP
B. ATP is used to synthesize glycogen from glucose
C. ATP is used to phosphorylate creatine
D. Both oxygen is used for oxidation of lactic acid metabolites to generate ATP and ATP is
used to synthesize glycogen from glucose are correct
E. All of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-9
Chapter 09 - Muscle

27. Muscle fatigue 
A. Is caused by depletion of ATP stores
B. After short-duration, high-intensity exercise is caused by depletion of muscle glycogen
stores
C. After long-duration, low-intensity exercise is caused by excessive hydrogen ion
concentrations that interfere with contractile protein activity
D. After long-duration, low-intensity exercise is caused by build up of potassium ion in the
lumen of T tubules
E. Is caused by none of these choices

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

28. Which of the following statements regarding myosin in skeletal muscle is/are true? 
A. Myosin heads contain two functional sites, one for actin and one for tropomyosin
B. Myosin is an ATPase
C. The rate of ATP hydrolysis by myosin is the same in all types of skeletal muscle
D. Both myosin heads contain two functional sites, one for actin and one for tropomyosin and
myosin is an ATPase are true
E. All of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

29. Which of the following is not true regarding the comparison of type I (slow oxidative) and
type II b (fast-glycolytic) skeletal-muscle fibers? 
A. Type I fibers have more abundant mitochondria
B. Type I fibers fatigue more readily
C. Type I fibers have more abundant myoglobin
D. Type I fibers have more abundant capillaries
E. Type I motor units contain fewer fibers than type II b motor units

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-10
Chapter 09 - Muscle

30. Which of the following statements about different kinds of skeletal-muscle fibers is true? 
A. Slow-oxidative fibers have a greater abundance of glycogen than do fast-glycolytic fibers
B. Fast-glycolytic fibers have a greater abundance of myoglobin than do slow-oxidative fibers
C. Fast-glycolytic fibers can generate greater tension than can slow-oxidative fibers
D. Both slow-oxidative fibers have a greater abundance of glycogen than do fast-glycolytic
fibers and fast-glycolytic fibers have a greater abundance of myoglobin than do slow-
oxidative fibers are true
E. All of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

31. One cause of fatigue in fast-glycolytic muscle fibers is 


A. Depletion of ATP in the fiber
B. Depletion of creatine phosphate in the fiber
C. Depletion of oxygen in the fiber
D. Accumulation of potassium ion in the lumen of T tubules
E. All of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

32. Fast-glycolytic muscle fibers differ from slow-oxidative fibers in that 


A. The former rely on creatine phosphate as an ATP source for the first few seconds of
contraction whereas the latter do not
B. The former have a smaller diameter than the latter
C. The former can generate greater maximal tension than the latter
D. The former generate less lactic acid than do the latter
E. All of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-11
Chapter 09 - Muscle

33. Which of the following is not a determinant of whole-muscle tension? 


A. Number of muscle fibers contracting
B. Tension produced by each contracting fiber
C. Extent of motor unit recruitment
D. Frequency of motor neuron stimulation
E. Proportion of the muscle fibers in each motor unit that are contracting at any given time

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.06
Topic: Muscular System
 

34. Which of the following statements regarding skeletal muscle is true? 


A. Some skeletal-muscle fibers have pacemaker activity
B. Skeletal-muscle fibers are joined together by gap junctions
C. A given skeletal-muscle fiber will contract when excitatory nervous stimuli sufficiently
exceed inhibitory nervous stimuli at the motor end plate
D. A given skeletal-muscle fiber will contract when excitatory nervous stimuli sufficiently
exceed inhibitory nervous stimuli at the cell body of the motor neuron that innervates that
fiber
E. None of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.06
Topic: Muscular System
 

35. The tension in a skeletal muscle can be increased by increasing 


A. The number of motor units stimulated
B. The rate of stimulation to each motor unit
C. The number of fibers in the muscle through exercise
D. The number of motor units stimulated and the rate of stimulation to each motor unit
E. All of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.06
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-12
Chapter 09 - Muscle

36. Which of the following statements regarding whole-muscle contraction is true? 


A. The order of recruitment of motor units in a muscle is such that the last units recruited are
the first to experience fatigue
B. The order of recruitment of motor units in a muscle is such that the first units recruited
generate the most tension
C. Motor units whose motor neurons have small-diameter cell bodies contract first, followed
by motor units with larger-diameter motor neurons
D. Both the order of recruitment of motor units in a muscle is such that the last units recruited
are the first to experience fatigue and the order of recruitment of motor units in a muscle is
such that the first units recruited generate the most tension are true
E. Both the order of recruitment of motor units in a muscle is such that the last units recruited
are the first to experience fatigue and motor units whose motor neurons have small-diameter
cell bodies contract first, followed by motor units with larger-diameter motor neurons are true

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9A.06
Topic: Muscular System
 

37. John is a sprinter who specializes in quick and powerful bursts of speed followed by
periods of rest. Jim is a marathon runner who specializes in long, steady runs. Compared to
Jim, John is likely to have 
A. Legs with a larger diameter
B. Legs with a smaller diameter
C. Hypertrophy of type I muscle fibers
D. Legs with a larger diameter and hypertrophy of type I muscle fibers
E. Legs with a smaller diameter and hypertrophy of type I muscle fibers

Bloom's Level: 3. Apply


Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-13
Chapter 09 - Muscle

38. John is a sprinter who specializes in quick and powerful bursts of speed followed by
periods of rest. Jim is a marathon runner who specializes in long, steady runs. Compared to
John, Jim is likely to have 
A. More glycogen stored in his type II b muscle fibers
B. More mitochondria in his type I and II a muscle fibers
C. More myoglobin in his type II b muscle fibers
D. Both more glycogen stored in his type II b muscle fibers and more myoglobin in his type II
b muscle fibers
E. Both more mitochondria in his type I and II a muscle fibers and more myoglobin in his
type II b muscle fibers

Bloom's Level: 3. Apply


Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

39. Olympic speed (ice) skaters have large, muscular legs that are unusual in that the left leg
is generally even larger in diameter than the right. This is an example of 
A. Disuse atrophy of the right leg
B. Hypertrophy of fast-glycolytic muscle fibers as a result of exercise
C. An increase in the number of fast muscle fibers as a result of exercise
D. Both disuse atrophy of the right leg and hypertrophy of fast-glycolytic muscle fibers as a
result of exercise
E. Both hypertrophy of fast-glycolytic muscle fibers as a result of exercise and an increase in
the number of fast muscle fibers as a result of exercise

Bloom's Level: 3. Apply


Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-14
Chapter 09 - Muscle

40. Which of the following statements is not true? 


A. Nervous stimulation of skeletal muscle is always excitatory, whereas nervous stimulation
of smooth muscle may be excitatory or inhibitory
B. A single smooth-muscle cell may be innervated by both a sympathetic neuron and a
parasympathetic neuron
C. The contractile activity of smooth-muscle cells may be affected by hormones
D. In the absence of neural input, skeletal muscle cannot generate tension
E. None of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9B.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-15
Chapter 09 - Muscle

41. A major difference between smooth muscle and skeletal muscle is that 
A. Myosin is the regulatory protein in smooth muscle
B. Myosin is the regulatory protein in skeletal muscle
C. Skeletal muscle may exhibit spontaneous activity
D. Only skeletal muscle requires increased calcium ion concentration in the cytosol for
contraction
E. None of the choices are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9B.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

42. Unlike skeletal muscle, 


A. Smooth muscle is striated
B. Smooth muscle does not have thick and thin filaments
C. Smooth muscle does not use troponin-tropomyosin to regulate cross-bridge activity
D. Smooth muscle does not use changes in cytosolic calcium to regulate cross-bridge activity
E. The myosin in smooth muscle requires phosphorylation before it can bind to ATP

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9B.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

43. Excitation-contraction coupling 
A. In skeletal-muscle cells requires the influx of extracellular calcium ion
B. In smooth-muscle cells requires the influx of extracellular calcium ion
C. In all kinds of muscle requires the release of calcium ion from the sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. Both in skeletal-muscle cells requires the influx of extracellular calcium ion and in
smooth-muscle cells requires the influx of extracellular calcium ion are correct
E. Both in smooth-muscle cells requires the influx of extracellular calcium ion and in all
kinds of muscle requires the release of calcium ion from the sarcoplasmic reticulum are
correct

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-16
Chapter 09 - Muscle

44. Which of the following statements regarding contraction in skeletal and smooth muscle is
true? 
A. In skeletal muscle, calcium ion mediates changes in thin filaments that lead to cross-bridge
activity; in smooth muscle, calcium ion mediates changes in thick filaments that lead to cross-
bridge activity
B. In skeletal muscle, calcium ion binds to a regulatory protein on thin filaments; in smooth
muscle, calcium ion binds to a regulatory protein on thick filaments
C. In skeletal muscle, calcium ion binds to troponin; in smooth muscle, calcium ion binds to
calmodulin
D. Both in skeletal muscle, calcium ion mediates changes in thin filaments that lead to cross-
bridge activity; in smooth muscle, calcium ion mediates changes in thick filaments that lead to
cross-bridge activity and in skeletal muscle, calcium ion binds to troponin; in smooth muscle,
calcium ion binds to calmodulin are true
E. All of the choices are true

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

45. Which of the following is not true regarding single-unit smooth-muscle cells? They 
A. Have individual innervation of each cell
B. Have many gap junctions between cells
C. May have pacemaker activity
D. Respond to stretch by contracting
E. Have tone

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-17
Chapter 09 - Muscle

46. Multiunit smooth-muscle cells 


A. Have individual innervation of each cell
B. Have many gap junctions between cells
C. Respond to stretch by contracting
D. Both have individual innervation of each cell and have many gap junctions between cells
are correct
E. Both have individual innervation of each cell and respond to stretch by contracting are
correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

47. Although both skeletal and cardiac muscle exhibit striated appearance and the property of
contractility there are functional differences between them. Which of the following is not a
difference between cardiac and skeletal muscle? 
A. Cardiac muscle cells are arranged in layers surrounding hollow cavities in the heart
B. Skeletal muscle cells are long and multinucleate, depending on neuronal stimuli
C. Cardiac muscle cells are depolarized initially by the influx of calcium ions
D. Skeletal muscle cells depolarize prior to contraction
E. In cardiac muscle cells a resting membrane potential must be present to provide for
excitation and contraction

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9B.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-18
Chapter 09 - Muscle

48. Which of the following choices gives the correct sequence of events following the
depolarization of transverse tubules in excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac muscle? 
A. Calcium release into sarcoplasm, calcium ion influx through sarcolemma, actin and myosin
attach, thin myofilaments slide toward the middle of sarcomeres
B. Actin and myosin attach, thin myofilaments slide toward the middle of sarcomeres,
calcium release into sarcoplasm
C. Calcium release into sarcoplasm, actin and myosin attach, calcium ion influx through
sarcolemma, thin myofilaments slide toward the middle of sarcomeres
D. Calcium release into sarcoplasm, actin and myosin attach, thin myofilaments slide toward
the middle of sarcomeres, calcium ion influx through sarcolemma
E. Calcium ion influx through sarcolemma, calcium release into sarcoplasm, actin and myosin
attach, thin myofilaments slide toward the middle of sarcomeres

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9B.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

49.  The electrical depolarization which spreads through the heart musculature and precedes
contraction of atria and ventricles is dependent upon the rapid inward diffusion of which of
the following ions?  
A.  Sodium
B.  Calcium
C.  Nitrate
D.  Chloride
E.  Potassium

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9B.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-19
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50.  The conclusion of cardiac muscle contraction is marked by which of the following  
A.  Concentration of calcium ions in the cytosol is greatly reduced by active transport; Ca 2+-
ATPase pumps
B.  Concentration of calcium ions in the cytosol is greatly reduced by active transport; Ca
2+
/Na+ cotransporters in sarcoplasmic reticulum and sarcolemma
C.  The release of actin protein degrading enzymes
D.  The release of myosin degrading enzymes
E.  Both concentration of calcium ions in the cytosol is greatly reduced by active transport; Ca
2+
-ATPase pumps and concentration of calcium ions in the cytosol is greatly reduced by active
transport; Ca 2+/Na+ cotransporters in sarcoplasmic reticulum and sarcolemma are correct

Bloom's Level: 2. Understand


Section 9B.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

51.  L-type calcium channels in cardiac muscle cells  


A.  Are essentially present and the same in both skeletal and cardiac muscle
B.  Are directly related to making them fatigue resistant
C.  Are responsible for preventing tetanic contractions in them
D.  Cause the absolute refractory period to be very short lived
E.  Provide the mechanism necessary for producing contractions of varying intensity or force

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9B.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

52.  Some athletes in activities requiring ATP for more than a few seconds may turn to dietary
supplements containing ____ to increase the amount of _____ immediately available within
the muscles.  
A.  Fatty acids, calcium ions
B.  Sports drinks (Gatorade, Powerade, etc.), electrolytes and mineral spirits
C.  Sugars, glucose
D.  Proteins, amino acids
E.  Creatine, ATP

Bloom's Level: 3. Apply


Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

9-20
Chapter 09 - Muscle

53. Myasthenia gravis 
A. Is an autoimmune disease
B. Occurs when the motor neuron terminals cannot secrete enough acetylcholine to stimulate
the motor end plate adequately
C. Can be treated with a drug that temporarily inhibits acetylcholinesterase
D. Both is an autoimmune disease and occurs when the motor neuron terminals cannot secrete
enough acetylcholine to stimulate the motor end plate adequately are correct
E. Both is an autoimmune disease and can be treated with a drug that temporarily inhibits
acetylcholinesterase are correct

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.07
Topic: Muscular System
 
 

True / False Questions


 

54. Skeletal muscles are made up of bundles of muscle fibers held together by sheaths called
tendons. 
FALSE

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

55. The name given to the unit of repeating pattern in a myofibril is "sarcomere." 


TRUE

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

56. The force-generating sites in a myofibril are the Z lines. 


FALSE

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


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Topic: Muscular System
 

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9-22
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57. During skeletal-muscle contraction, the distance between the Z lines of a sarcomere


decreases because of shortening of the filaments. 
FALSE

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember


Section 9A.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

58. During skeletal-muscle contraction, the I band and H zone shorten but the A band stays
the same. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

59. The cross-bridge cycle refers to the sequence of events between the time an individual
cross bridge binds to a thin filament at the start of a muscle contraction and the time the cross
bridge releases the filament at the end of the contraction. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

60. The energy for muscle contraction is provided by the hydrolysis of ATP. 


TRUE

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Topic: Muscular System
 

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61. Actin is an ATPase. 
FALSE

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Topic: Muscular System
 

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62. The binding of ATP to myosin causes an allosteric change in myosin's actin-binding site
such that the affinity of myosin for actin is decreased. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

63. The phenomenon of rigor mortis demonstrates that myosin can bind to actin in the
absence of ATP, but the bond cannot then be broken. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

64. Binding of myosin to actin cannot take place in the absence of calcium ion. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

65. Excitation-contraction coupling refers to the binding of energized myosin to actin. 


FALSE

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Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

66. The site of calcium-ion storage in muscle cells is the lateral sacs of the transverse tubules. 
FALSE

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Topic: Muscular System
 

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67. Curare blocks neuromuscular transmission by preventing the release of neurotransmitter


from the motor neuron. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

68. Organophosphate "nerve gases" induce paralysis by blocking neural stimulation of the


neuromuscular junctions, while botulinum toxin produces the same effect by inhibiting
acetylcholinesterase. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

69. The term "twitch" refers to the mechanical response of a muscle fiber during one cross-
bridge cycle. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

70. All isotonic contractions begin and end as isometric contractions. 


TRUE

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Topic: Muscular System
 

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71. During isometric contraction of a skeletal-muscle fiber, tension increases but the fiber
length stays the same. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

72. The latent period of an isotonic twitch is shorter than the latent period of an isometric
twitch. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

73. Sustained contraction and tension in a skeletal muscle is called tetanus. 


TRUE

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Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

74. A skeletal muscle generates its greatest twitch tension when it is stretched to twice its
resting length. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

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75. Fast fibers can be distinguished from slow fibers by the rate at which their myosin-
ATPases split ATP. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

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76. Characteristics of oxidative fibers include numerous mitochondria, abundant myoglobin


and large stores of glycogen. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

77. The difference in color between white muscle and red muscle is accounted for by the
greater abundance of glycogen in white muscle. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

78. The fiber type intermediate between the two extremes of fast glycolytic and slow
oxidative is slow glycolytic. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

79. Muscles used for delicate, finely controlled movements have smaller motor units than
more coarsely controlled muscles. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.06
Topic: Muscular System
 

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80. In general, activating a slow-oxidative motor unit in a muscle will generate more tension
than activating a fast-glycolytic motor unit. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

81. Endurance exercise, such as long-distance swimming, causes a preferential increase in


glycolytic enzymes and increased mass of the exercising muscles. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.04
Topic: Muscular System
 

82. The larger the diameter of a skeletal-muscle fiber, the greater the tension it can generate. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

83. Recruitment of different types of motor units in a muscle is the primary means of varying
the amount of tension generated in that muscle. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.06
Topic: Muscular System
 

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84. The shortening velocity of a skeletal muscle fiber increases with decreasing load because
the rate at which the cross-bridge cycle can occur increases with decreasing load. 
TRUE

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Section 9A.03
Topic: Muscular System
 

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85. A flexor muscle pulls on bone to decrease the angle at a joint, whereas an extensor pushes
the bone to increase the angle. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.06
Topic: Muscular System
 

86. The decrease in mass and strength of muscle as a result of damage to the nerves
innervating the muscle is called disuse atrophy. 
FALSE

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Section 9A.07
Topic: Muscular System
 

87. The calcium-binding protein in smooth muscle is calmodulin. 


TRUE

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Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

88. The myosin in smooth-muscle cells differs from that in skeletal muscle in that smooth-
muscle myosin requires phosphorylation before it can bind to actin. 
TRUE

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Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

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89. In smooth-muscle cells that can produce action potentials, cell membrane depolarization
opens voltage-sensitive sodium channels. 
FALSE

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Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

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90. Nervous stimulation of skeletal muscle is always excitatory, whereas nervous stimulation


of smooth muscle may be excitatory or inhibitory. 
TRUE

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Section 9B.01
Topic: Muscular System
 

91. Smooth-muscle cells may contract in the absence of nervous stimulation. 


TRUE

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Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

92. Multiunit smooth muscle is characterized by many gap junctions between cells. 


FALSE

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Section 9B.02
Topic: Muscular System
 

93. In cardiac muscle contractile cells the release of calcium through L-type calcium channels
depolarizes the sarcoplasmic reticulum and inhibits the release of any additional calcium
necessary for excitation-contraction coupling. 
FALSE

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Section 9B.03
Topic: Muscular System
 
 

Multiple Choice Questions


 

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94. Abundant mitochondria is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

95. Abundant myoglobin is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

96. A large diameter is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

97. Fast myosin ATPase activity is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

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98. Recruited first is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

99. Fatigued first is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

100. Few mitochondria is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

101. Little myoglobin is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

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102. Small diameter is typical of which type of skeletal-muscle fibers? 


A. Type I
B. Type II

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Section 9A.05
Topic: Muscular System
 

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