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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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Chapter 41, Problem 1RQ
Sketch a relaxed muscle fiber containing a myofibril, sarcomeres, and thick and thin filaments. How would a contracted muscle fiber look by comparison?
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One of the primary characteristics of all muscle tissue is contractility, the ability to shorten
(contract) and lengthen (relax). You've identified the various components of a myofibril above.
Now, use the table below to indicate what occurs to each band, line, or zone when the muscle
contracts vs. relaxes.
What occurs to this region / structure during contraction/relaxation?
Region / Structure
A-Band
H-Band
I-Band
M-Line
Z-Line
Zone of Overlap
Sarcomere
No change
Shortens
Lengthens
Muscle Contraction
Muscle Relaxation
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A) Assuming that each individual muscle fiber generates the same amount of tension, which of the following skeletal muscles will produce the greatest amount of overall tension when fully stimulated?
Muscle
Total Number of Muscle Fibers in Muscle
A
150
B
1000
C
600
Group of answer choices
Muscle A
Muscle B
Muscle C
B)The following list of events take place during a muscle contraction. Place the events in chronological order as they relate to a muscle contraction.
Calcium is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
Myosin heads bind to actin.
An action potential arrives at the axon terminal of a motor neuron.
Calcium binds to troponin, displacing tropomyosin and exposing myosin head binding sites on actin.
Myosin heads undergo power stroke and actin slides over myosin towards M line of sarcomere.
Acetylcholine is released at the neuromuscular junction.
Chapter 41 Solutions
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- Draw a graph of the isometric force–length relationshipof striated muscle, indicating where maximal overlap betweenactin and myosin filaments occurs.arrow_forwardDescribe the structures listed below: (Fig 12.3, 12.4) Muscle fiber: a muscle cell; Myofibril Thick filaments Thin filaments Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Transverse tubules (T-tubules)arrow_forwardSkeletal muscle cells undergo contractions based on a molecular mechanism involving: 1)the sliding of actin and myosin filaments past each other without any change in filament length 2) the shortening of actin filaments following direct interaction with myosin 3) dynamic instability of microtubules 4)nonearrow_forward
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