L12 Muscle Actions and Roles

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Objectives: • Describe a motor unit and how it is involved in skeletal muscle contraction. • Describe the attachments of muscles and how this affects muscle action. • Define the actions of muscles. • Describe the roles a muscle can play. • Understand that the same muscle can have different actions and roles.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Which of these is not a structure of myocytes?
Respuesta
  • T-tubes
  • Sarcolemma
  • Sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • Lacunae

Pregunta 2

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The perimysium wraps around a myocyte.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
A nerve cells innervates from the distal end of a muscle so as to innervate the entire area of the muscle.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Choose the correct statements about the NMJ.
Respuesta
  • The axon coming to the NMJ is commonly unmyelinated.
  • The NMJ can have multiple motor end plates.
  • The synaptic cleft utilises chemical transmission methods.
  • A NMJ endplate always situates beside the nucleus of the myocite.

Pregunta 5

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[blank_start]Ca++[blank_end] and [blank_start]ATP[blank_end] allow the myosin and actin [blank_start]microfilaments[blank_end] to interdigitate without losing any of their [blank_start]length[blank_end].
Respuesta
  • Ca++
  • Na+
  • ATP
  • K+
  • microfilaments
  • myofilaments
  • length
  • ionic mass

Pregunta 6

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Choose the correct components of the motor unit:
Respuesta
  • Motor neuron and the muscle it innervates
  • Motor neuron
  • Motor neuron, and all the muscles it innervates

Pregunta 7

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Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disease which blocks the ACh receptors, meaning signals from the motor neuron do not reach the NMJ and muscle.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 8

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Muscle fibres display no intermediate activation, it is all or none.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 9

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Which of these does not effect force of contraction?
Respuesta
  • Size of motor units
  • Number of motor units
  • Rate of firing
  • Neurotransmitter used

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Bones act as levers which can primarily... (Choose all correct.)
Respuesta
  • stabilise a joint position
  • overcome loads
  • allow a large range of motion and give speed to movement
  • prevent stress on bone

Pregunta 11

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A student lifts a textbook. Which action is this?
Respuesta
  • Concentric
  • Isometric
  • Eccentric

Pregunta 12

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Which statement best describes isometric muscle action.
Respuesta
  • The muscle is active and develops tension, but does not move.
  • The muscle is active and develops tension, keeping a constant length and constant joint position.
  • The muscle is inactive but developing tension, keeping a constant length and constant joint position.

Pregunta 13

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If a muscle is active, developing tension, and lengthening, it is:
Respuesta
  • Eccentric
  • Concentric
  • Isometric

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
You stand with your weight on your left leg. What muscle role is the quadriceps taking?
Respuesta
  • Agonist
  • Neutraliser
  • Antagonist
  • Stabiliser
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