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Which of the following is a factor that affects the velocity and duration of muscle contraction?


A) size of the muscle fibers stimulated
B) muscle length
C) load on the fiber
D) number of muscle fibers stimulated

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What is the primary function of wave summation?


A) prevent muscle relaxation
B) prevent muscle fatigue
C) produce smooth, continuous muscle contraction
D) increase muscle tension

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Which of the following is true about smooth muscle?


A) Smooth muscle has well-developed T tubules at the site of invagination.
B) Certain smooth muscle cells can actually divide to increase their numbers.
C) Smooth muscle cannot stretch as much as skeletal muscle.
D) Smooth muscle, in contrast to skeletal muscle, cannot synthesize or secrete any connective tissue elements.

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Which of the following describes the cells of unitary smooth muscle?


A) They consist of muscle fibers that are structurally independent of each other.
B) They exhibit spontaneous action potentials.
C) They depend upon recruitment using the autonomic nervous system.
D) They are used for vision and hair raising.

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How is it that norepinephrine (NE) can inhibit smooth muscle action in airways, yet stimulate contractions in smooth muscles everywhere else in the body?

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Norepinephrine's effects depen...

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What does excess postexercise oxygen consumption represent?


A) the amount of oxygen taken into the body immediately after the exertion
B) amount of oxygen needed for aerobic activity to accomplish the same amount of work
C) the amount of oxygen equal to the oxygen already used
D) the difference between the amount of oxygen needed for totally aerobic muscle activity and the amount actually used

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Which of the following statements is true?


A) Cardiac muscle cells are found in the heart and large blood vessels.
B) Cardiac muscle cells have many nuclei.
C) Striated muscle cells are long and cylindrical with many nuclei.
D) Smooth muscle cells have T tubules.

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Peristalsis is characteristic of smooth muscle.

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Only __________muscle cells have intercalated discs at their gap junctions.

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Caveolae are an anatomical feature of smooth muscle. Describe this anatomical feature and specifically how it improves smooth muscles' response to nervous stimulation

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Caveolae are pouch like inhold...

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A 5-year-old male is diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Discuss what this means in terms of the boy's muscles and what should his parents expect to observe.

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a muscle ...

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The contractile units of skeletal muscles are_________ .


A) myofibrils
B) mitochondria
C) microtubules
D) T tubules

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Only__________ muscle cells are multinucleated.

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Although there are no sarcomeres, smooth muscle still possesses thick and thin filaments.

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The end of the muscle that is attached to the part of the body in motion when a muscle contracts is called the__________.

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During isometric contraction, the energy used appears as movement.

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When a geriatric patient is admitted to the postsurgical unit, an important nursing measure is to prevent the loss of muscle mass. What is the term used for loss of muscle mass and how can the patient prevent it?

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Disuse atrophy is degeneration and loss ...

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A skeletal muscle contracts with varying force and length of time in response to the body's needs at the time.

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After nervous stimulation stops, what prevents ACh in the synaptic cleft from continuing to stimulate contraction?


A) acetylcholinesterase breaks apart the ACh
B) the action potential stops going down the overloaded T tubules
C) calcium ions returning to the terminal cisternae
D) the tropomyosin blocking the myosin once full contraction is achieved

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A potential benefit of recruiting slow oxidative fibers for contraction before recruiting fast oxidative and fast glycolytic fibers might be __________.


A) to allow for fine control with delicate contractile force with a small stimulus
B) recruiting slow oxidative fibers early helps to tire them out first so that they won't interfere with the more powerful contractions of fast glycolytic fibers
C) because they are slower to respond, slow oxidative fibers must be stimulated first in order to contract simultaneously with the faster fibers
D) There is little to no benefit from recruiting slow oxidative fibers first, and therefore it is in fact fast glycolytic fibers that will be recruited first.

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