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Muscle #9

Response:

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

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M. fibularis longus
M. quadriceps
M. biceps brachii (the biceps)
M. extensor hallucis longus
M. sartorius
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Muscle #8

Response:

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

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Pink (smallest finger)
Ear
Eye
Belly
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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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Fascia
Perimysium
Epimysium
Endomysium
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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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Belly
Toes
Eye
Lower leg
Hand
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Question:

Muscle #2

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

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sarcolemma
plasmalemma
endomysium
sarcoplasm
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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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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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Question:

Muscle #12

Response:

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

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

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

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
Small intestine
Lung
Oesophagus
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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.

AnswersYour AnswerCorrect
Single-unit smooth muscle
Cardiac muscle
Multi-unit smooth muscle.
Skeletal 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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Multinucleated
Striated
Skeletal
Involuntary
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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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Muscle #16

Response:

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

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Z-lines
I-bands
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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sarcolemma
myofilament
endomysium
sarcoplasm
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Question:

Muscle #13

Response:

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

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Sarcopenia
Sarcoplasm
Sarcolemma
Sarcomere
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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 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.