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Muscle #8

Response:

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

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Belly
Eye
Pink (smallest finger)
Ear
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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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Eye
Hand
Toes
Lower leg
Belly
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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.

False

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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 lumen 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 endocard.
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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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Heart
Oesophagus
Lung
Small intestine
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Question:

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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Involuntary
Multinucleated
Striated
Skeletal
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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 indicate muscle relaxation.
They signal muscle fatigue.
They transduce signals from motor end plates.
They record muscle length
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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.

TrueFalse

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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.
Skeletal muscle
Single-unit smooth muscle
Cardiac muscle
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Muscle #9

Response:

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

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M. extensor hallucis longus
M. quadriceps
M. fibularis longus
M. sartorius
M. biceps brachii (the biceps)
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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. arrector pili
M. erector spinae
m. adductor pollicis
M. extensor digitorum
M. levator scapulae
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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
endomysium
sarcolemma
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Question:

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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Epimysium
Perimysium
Fascia
Endomysium
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Question:

Muscle #16

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

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I-bands
Z-lines
A-bands
H-zones
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Question:

Muscle #1

Response:

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

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myofilament
sarcolemma
sarcoplasm
endomysium
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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. masseter
M. gluteus maximus
M. biceps brachii (the biceps)
M. quadriceps
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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
Sarcopenia
Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm