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______ surrounds each muscle fasciculus, whereas ______ surrounds each muscle fiber. |
| | A) | epimysium, perimysium |
| | B) | perimysium, endomysium |
| | C) | epimysium, endomysium |
| | D) | endomysium, perimysium |
| | E) | endomysium, epimysium |
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The basic structural and functional unit of skeletal muscle is the |
| | A) | fiber. |
| | B) | fasciculus. |
| | C) | myofibril. |
| | D) | sarcomere. |
| | E) | whole muscle. |
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Which of these units contains overlapping actin and myosin myofilaments? |
| | A) | A band |
| | B) | H zone |
| | C) | I band |
| | D) | M line |
| | E) | Z disk |
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Which of these is NOT a part of the actin myofilament? |
| | A) | actin |
| | B) | sarcolemma |
| | C) | tropomyosin |
| | D) | troponin |
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Each muscle cell is a |
| | A) | fasciculus. |
| | B) | sarcomere. |
| | C) | fiber. |
| | D) | myofibril. |
| | E) | myofilament. |
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To establish the resting membrane potential, |
| | A) | sodium ions diffuse into the cell. |
| | B) | sodium ions diffuse out of the cell. |
| | C) | potassium ions diffuse into the cell. |
| | D) | potassium ions diffuse out of the cell. |
| | E) | large negative molecules diffuse out of the cell. |
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Before being released from the axon of a neuron, acetylcholine is stored in the |
| | A) | synaptic vesicles. |
| | B) | synaptic cleft. |
| | C) | muscle fiber. |
| | D) | postsynaptic membrane. |
| | E) | sarcoplasmic reticulum. |
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During the process of muscle contraction, calcium ions bind to the |
| | A) | presynaptic terminal. |
| | B) | sarcolemma. |
| | C) | synaptic vesicles. |
| | D) | tropomyosin molecules. |
| | E) | troponin molecules. |
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During muscle contraction, which of these processes requires ATP? |
| | A) | calcium ions are moved back to the sarcoplasmic reticulum |
| | B) | cross-bridges are released |
| | C) | heads of the myosin myofilaments are bent toward the center of the sarcomere |
| | D) | heat is released |
| | E) | all of these |
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Even though each muscle fiber responds in all-or-none fashion, a whole muscle can contract with varying force because of |
| | A) | different threshold values. |
| | B) | total tetanus of the muscle. |
| | C) | recruitment of additional motor units. |
| | D) | rigor mortis. |
| | E) | the lag phase of contraction. |
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Anaerobic respiration |
| | A) | produces 36-38 ATP per glucose molecule. |
| | B) | produces an oxygen debt. |
| | C) | occurs in resting muscles or muscles undergoing long-term exercise. |
| | D) | can use fatty acid to produce ATP. |
| | E) | all of these |
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Fast-twitch muscle fibers |
| | A) | are more resistant to fatigue than slow-twitch fibers. |
| | B) | have a richer blood supply than slow-twitch fibers. |
| | C) | have a larger amount of stored glycogen than slow-twitch fibers. |
| | D) | have more mitochondria than slow-twitch fibers. |
| | E) | have more myoglobin than slow-twitch fibers. |
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Two muscles that are antagonists are the |
| | A) | rectus femoris and vastus lateralis. |
| | B) | vastus medialis and vastus intermedius. |
| | C) | adductor longus and vastus lateralis. |
| | D) | rectus femoris and semimembranosus. |
| | E) | gluteus maximus and semitendinosus. |
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If a woman raised her arms straight out pointing right and left, level with her shoulders, she mostly used her |
| | A) | biceps brachii muscles. |
| | B) | latissimus dorsi muscles. |
| | C) | pectoralis major muscles. |
| | D) | deltoid muscles. |
| | E) | all of these |
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Which of these muscles flexes both the arm and the forearm? |
| | A) | biceps brachii. |
| | B) | brachialis. |
| | C) | deltoid. |
| | D) | latissimus dorsi. |
| | E) | triceps brachii. |
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