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Given: The striated pattern is due to the regular arrangement of thick and thin filaments in the muscle cells. The thick myosin filaments are responsible for the A-band. Task: Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. Statement: Upon muscle contraction, the length of the A-band does not change.
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In which of the tissues/organs named below would you find mostly smooth muscle (check ALL correct answers!)
What is the definition of a sarcomere? It is the distance between two...
What is the name of the fine sheath of connective tissue surrounding the individual fibres of skeletal muscle?
Fun facts: Which is/are the strongest muscle(s) of the human body?
Fun facts: Where do you find the most active human muscles (contractions/day)?
What is the function of the muscle spindles that can be found in skeletal muscle?
Given: The striated pattern is due to the regular arrangement of thick and thin filaments in the muscle cells. The thick myosin filaments are responsible for the A-band. Task: Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. Statement: Upon muscle contraction, the A-band shortens.
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What is the scientific term for the cell membrane of a muscle cell?
Fun facts: Where do you find the smallest human muscle?
Given: Muscle cells can be individual cells, fused cells (syncytium) or individual cells that behave like a unit. Question: Check ALL muscle tissues that form a syncytium OR behave like one. There can be more than one correct answer.
Fun facts: Which is the longest muscle of the human body?
The four terms below describe properties of muscle types. Which term (one correct answer) belongs to a different muscle type than the other three?
What is the scientific term for the cytoplasm of a muscle cell?
What is the name of the space between two Z-lines?
Fun facts: Which muscles are responsible for goose bumps or goos pimples (German Gänsehaut, Dutch kippevel, French chair de poule), the reaction of skin to e.g. cold?
Given: The wall of a vessel and the wall of the heart have a similar structure.
Task: Match the appropriate layers of the vessel wall with those of the heart wall.
