Exam 10: Muscle Tissue

How would the loss of acetylcholinesterase from the motor end plate affect skeletal muscle?

A(n)________ can be described as a broad tendinous sheet.

A single contraction-relaxation cycle in a muscle fiber produces a(n)

Figure 10-1 Skeletal Muscle Fiber Use Figure 10-1 to answer the following questions: -What is released from the structure labeled "9"?

The type of contraction in which the muscle fibers do not shorten is called

The complex of a transverse tubule and two adjacent terminal cisternae is known as a

The cytoplasm of the neuromuscular terminal contains vesicles filled with molecules of the neurotransmitter

Synaptic vesicles contain neurotransmitters that are released by ________ when the action potential arrives.

The region of the sarcomere that always contains thin filaments is the

Active sites on the actin become available for binding after

The sequence of processes that links the action potential to contraction is called

Fast muscle fibers can adapt to aerobic metabolism by generating more mitochondria in response to

An infection by the bacterium Clostridium tetani can cause the disease called

Figure 10-1 Skeletal Muscle Fiber Use Figure 10-1 to answer the following questions: -What physiological process occurs in the structure labeled "7"?

Heat energy gained from muscle contraction is released by the ________ system.

Skeletal muscle fibers are formed from embryonic cells called

In rigor mortis

When acetylcholine binds to receptors at the motor end plate,the sarcolemma becomes

Stem cells located between the endomysium and sarcolemma that function in the repair of damaged muscle tissue are called

The bundle of collagen fibers at the end of a skeletal muscle that attaches the muscle to bone is called a(n)