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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 transduce signals from motor end plates.
They indicate muscle relaxation.
They signal muscle fatigue.
They record muscle length
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Muscle #14

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

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Oesophagus
Heart
Small intestine
Lung
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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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Muscle #15

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

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Endomysium
Perimysium
Epimysium
Fascia
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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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Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
Sarcomere
Sarcopenia
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Muscle #1

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

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myofilament
sarcoplasm
endomysium
sarcolemma
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Muscle #9

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

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M. sartorius
M. extensor hallucis longus
M. biceps brachii (the biceps)
M. fibularis longus
M. quadriceps
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Muscle #11

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

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Lower leg
Belly
Eye
Toes
Hand
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Muscle #4

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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.

TrueTrue

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Muscle #16

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

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A-bands
I-bands
Z-lines
H-zones
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Muscle #7

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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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Multi-unit smooth muscle.
Single-unit smooth muscle
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
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Muscle #17

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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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Multinucleated
Involuntary
Striated
Skeletal
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Muscle #10

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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. extensor digitorum
m. adductor pollicis
M. arrector pili
M. erector spinae
M. levator scapulae
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Muscle #12

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

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M. masseter
M. gluteus maximus
M. quadriceps
M. biceps brachii (the biceps)
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Muscle #6

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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 epicardlumen of the heart.
The adventitia of the vessel corresponds to the myocardepicard.
The tunica media of the vessel corresponds to the endocardmyocard.
The tunica intima corresponds to the lumenendocard.
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Muscle #8

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

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Ear
Belly
Pink (smallest finger)
Eye
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Muscle #2

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

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sarcoplasm
plasmalemma
sarcolemma
endomysium