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Question Results

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Question:

Muscle #16

Response:

What is the definition of a sarcomere? It is the distance between two...

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H-zones
A-bands
I-bands
Z-lines
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Muscle #10

Response:

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?

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M. levator scapulae
M. arrector pili
m. adductor pollicis
M. extensor digitorum
M. erector spinae
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Question:

Muscle #1

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What is the scientific term for the cell membrane of a muscle cell?

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sarcoplasm
endomysium
myofilament
sarcolemma
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Question:

Muscle #11

Response:

Fun facts: Where do you find the most active human muscles (contractions/day)?

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Eye
Belly
Lower leg
Toes
Hand
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Question:

Muscle #5

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What is the function of the muscle spindles that can be found in skeletal muscle?

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They signal muscle fatigue.
They indicate muscle relaxation.
They transduce signals from motor end plates.
They record muscle length
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Muscle #13

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What is the name of the space between two Z-lines?

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Sarcomere
Sarcoplasm
Sarcolemma
Sarcopenia
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Question:

Muscle #14

Response:

In which of the tissues/organs named below would you find mostly smooth muscle (check ALL correct answers!)

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Lung
Heart
Oesophagus
Small intestine
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Question:

Muscle #3

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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 A-band shortens.

FalseTrue

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Question:

Muscle #2

Response:

What is the scientific term for the cytoplasm of a muscle cell?

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endomysium
sarcoplasm
sarcolemma
plasmalemma
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Question:

Muscle #8

Response:

Fun facts: Where do you find the smallest human muscle?

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Belly
Ear
Eye
Pink (smallest finger)
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Question:

Muscle #12

Response:

Fun facts: Which is/are the strongest muscle(s) of the human body?

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M. gluteus maximus
M. quadriceps
M. masseter
M. biceps brachii (the biceps)
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Question:

Muscle #4

Response:

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.

TrueTrue

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Score 5 of 10

Question:

Muscle #6

Response:

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.


The lumen of the vessel corresponds to the endocardlumen of the heart.
The adventitia of the vessel corresponds to the epicard.
The tunica media of the vessel corresponds to the myocard.
The tunica intima corresponds to the lumenendocard.
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Question:

Muscle #15

Response:

What is the name of the fine sheath of connective tissue surrounding the individual fibres of skeletal muscle?

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Fascia
Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium
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Question:

Muscle #7

Response:

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.

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Single-unit smooth muscle
Cardiac muscle
Skeletal muscle
Multi-unit smooth muscle.
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Question:

Muscle #17

Response:

The four terms below describe properties of muscle types. Which term (one correct answer) belongs to a different muscle type than the other three?

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Involuntary
Multinucleated
Skeletal
Striated
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Question:

Muscle #9

Response:

Fun facts: Which is the longest muscle of the human body?

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M. biceps brachii (the biceps)
M. quadriceps
M. extensor hallucis longus
M. fibularis longus
M. sartorius