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GMS 6474 Problem Sets questions with verified ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




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During contraction muscle fibers fatigue at different rates. Type 1 fibers fatigue ______ due
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to their ______ oxidative capacity.
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last, low ||\\//||




last, high ||\\//||




first, low ||\\//||




first, high - correct answer✔✔last, high
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The motor neuron releases this neurotransmitter into the post-synaptic cleft of the
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neuromuscular junction to invoke an end-plate potential. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Acetylcholine

Potassium

Nicotine

Calcium - correct answer✔✔Acetylcholine ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




What is the role of Titan within muscle? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




It allows for the rapid depolarization of the muscle cell
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It slows the electrical conduction through muscle cells
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,It tethers myosin filaments to the Z-line
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It binds collagen. filaments to the M line
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It sequesters Ca++ within the muscle cell - correct answer✔✔It tethers myosin filaments to
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the Z-line
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In skeletal muscle, when there is maximal load, the velocity of contraction equals 0. This is
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considered what type of contraction? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Isotonic

Isometric

Lengthening

Shortening - correct answer✔✔Isometric ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by the complete loss of which of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




the following muscle proteins? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Dystrophin

Actin

Myosin

Nebulin

Serca - correct answer✔✔Dystrophin ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




With respect to muscle physiology, after binding, the myosin pulls on actin towards the M
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line and supersedes it. This causes the release of Pi as filaments are pulled together and
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, move towards the H zone, which results in contraction of the muscle. Which of the
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following best describes this step of contraction? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Dissociation

Activation

Termination

Power Stoke ||\\//||




Binding - correct answer✔✔Power Stoke ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Cardiac muscle acts as a syncytium due to the presence of ________ and _________ found
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in Intercalated Disks
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Desmosomes, gap junctions ||\\//|| ||\\//||




mitochondria, dyad ||\\//||




sarcomeres, dyad ||\\//||




t-tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum - correct answer✔✔Desmosomes, gap junctions ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




What do smooth muscle fibers lack?
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Tropmyosin

Troponins

Actin Filaments ||\\//||




Myosin Filaments - correct answer✔✔Troponins ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Calcium is released and sequestered differently in Skeletal and Cardiac muscles. What is
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one physiological relevance of cardiac muscle calcium handling?
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