Biology (Mader), 10th Edition

Chapter 39: Locomotion and Support Systems

Make a Muscle

Objective: The student will identify how the contracting nature of muscle tissue can be simulated with the use of magnets.



1.

What material is being used to make an artificial muscle?
A)transplanted mice muscle fibers
B)nanotubes
C)magnets
D)plastic
2.

These muscles provide the strength of about what percent of human muscle?
A).1%
B)1 %
C)10%
D)100%
3.

What does changing and adding magnetic fields do to the magnets in this study?
A)It causes the magnets to pulse like a flexing muscle.
B)It produces an electrical current that can now serve as a nerve.
C)It grounds the magnet material to stop nerve signal conduction.
D)It stimulates surrounding muscle to contract.
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