Multiple Choice
Cardiac muscle can increase its strength of contraction by all of the following EXCEPT
A) Stretch, by increasing the sensitivity of the myofilaments to Ca2+
B) Increasing the size of the Ca2+ transients by phosphorylation of phospholamban
C) Increasing recruitment of cardiomyocytes
D) Increasing the size of the Ca2+ transients by phosphorylation of DHPR
E) Increasing the size of the Ca2+ transients by phosphorylation of RyR2
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Q1: Removal of external Ca<sup>2+</sup> to levels below
Q2: Stretch increases the force of cardiac contraction
Q3: Ca<sup>2+</sup> enters the cardiomyocytes every heart beat
Q4: W hich of the following is NOT
Q5: Sympathetic stimulation increases all of the following
Q7: The space between myofibrils in cardiomyocytes is
Q8: The force-frequency relation in the heart (the
Q9: Cardiomyocytes form a functional syncytium by being
Q10: Relaxation of the cardiomyocytes is caused mainly
Q11: Cardiac m uscle cannot increase its strength