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CONTRACTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE Flashcards

1
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…gives muscle its muscle its striated appearance

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The light band(I) and the dark band (A)

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The length at which actin finally overlaps the myosin is…

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Sarcomeres

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3
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Skeletal muscle is composed of fibers that are …um in diameter

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10-80um

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4
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The small unit of muscle fibers are

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sarcomalemma, myofibril,sarcoplasmic reticulum

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The true membrane of sarcomalemma is called..

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Plasma membrane

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6
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…is the cell membrane of muscle fibers

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Sarcomalemma

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7
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The outer coat of sarcomalemma contains thin polysaccharide that contains…

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Thin collagen fibrils

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8
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The surface of…fuses with tendon fiber at the end of each muscle fiber

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Sarcolemma

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9
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Myofibril consist of

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Actin and myosin

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10
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….are the large protein polymer that is responsible for the actual muscle contraction

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Actin and myosin filaments

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… interdigitate and cause the myofibril to form light and dark band

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Actin and myosin filaments

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12
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The light bands and dark band are … respectively

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Actin and myosin

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13
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Light band are called …. because of..

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(I) band because they are isotropic to polarized light

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14
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Dark band are called… because they..

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(A) because they Anisotropic polarized light

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15
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What produces muscle contraction

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The interaction btw actin and cross -bridge

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16
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The small projection from the side of myosin is …

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Cross-bridges

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17
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…is a disc composed of filamentous protein that help attach myofibril from one another across the muscle fibers

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Z-disc

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18
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Actin filaments is attached to…disc which the actin interdigitate with myosin

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Z-disc

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19
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Skeletal muscle is about ..%of the body while smooth and cardiac muscle are about…%

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40 and 1O respectively

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20
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The portion of myofibril that lies between two successive Z disc is called

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Sarcomeres

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21
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As the muscle contracts the sarcomeres reduces by…

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2um

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22
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…is the filamentous protein with the largest MMW of 3million

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Titin protein

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23
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The largest filamentous protein is

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Titin protein

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24
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Titin protein is …in nature

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Springy

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25
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What’s the function of titin protein

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It acts as a framework that holds the myosin and actin together in place so that the contractile machinery if sarcomeres will work

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26
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The space between myofibrils that are filled with intracellular fluid is …

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Sarcoplasm

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27
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Sacroplasm contain large qty of

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Potassium, magnesium phosphate, multiple protein enzyme and mitochondria

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28
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… supplies the contracting myofibril energy in form of ATP

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Mitochondria

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29
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The sarcoplasm that surrounds the myofibril contains …that control the muscle contraction

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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30
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How many mechanisms are involved in muscle contraction

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8 steps

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31
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The neurotransmitter secreted by nerve at each endings on muscle fibers is

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Acetylcholine

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32
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What is the function of acetylcholine

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It acts on a local area of the muscle fibers membrane to open multiple acetylcholine gated channels through protein molecules floating in the membrane

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33
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Na ions that diffuses inside the muscle fibers membrane initiate ..

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Action potential at the membrane

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34
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Opening of acetylcholine gate allows…

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The diffusion of Na ions

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35
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Where is calcium stored …

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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36
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… depolarizes muscle membrane and causes electric flow through the counter of the muscle

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Action potential

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37
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The removal of calcium causes myofibril to

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Cease

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38
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Muscle contraction occurs by… mechanism

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Sliding filament mechanism

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39
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The interaction of myosin cross-bridges with actin filaments causes the actin filaments to slide.. . among myosin filaments

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Inward

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40
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… activates the forces btw actin and myosin filaments which causes contraction to begin

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Calcium ion

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41
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The end of myosin functions as… enzyme

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ATPase

42
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ATPase enzyme…ATP which energizes the contraction process

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Hydrolysis

43
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The actin filament is made up of

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Actin, tropomyosin and troponin

44
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The actin filaments is inhibited by…and activated by…

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Troponin -tropomyosin complex
Calcium ions

45
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Ca2+ combines with… causing troponin complex to pull on the tropomyosin molecules

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Troponin

46
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Another name for walk along theory is

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Ratchet theory

47
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The tilting of the myosin head

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Power stroke

48
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Tension…as sarcomeres shortens

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Increases

49
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Full tension is achieved at … sarcomeres length

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2um

50
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Functions of ATP in muscle contraction

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Activate walk along mechanism
Pump ca2+ ion in sarcoplasmic reticulum
Pumping of Na and K ions to maintain ionic movement for the propagation of ATP

51
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3 main sources of energy apart from ATP

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Phosphocreatine
Glycogen breakdown to pyruvic and lactic acid
Oxidative metabolism of cellular foodstuff

52
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How long does phosphocreatine, glycogen breakdown and oxidative metabolism of cellular foodstuff maintain contraction respectively

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5-8sec,1min and for a long period

53
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2 characteristics of whole muscle contraction are

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Isotonic contraction and
Isometric contraction

54
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… contraction occurs when muscle does not shorten during contraction

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Isometric contraction

55
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… contraction occurs when the muscle shortens and tension on the muscle remains constant

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Isotonic

56
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True isometric contraction cannot be generated in intact body because of the stretch of the stretch of series of elastic components during muscle contraction allowing shortening of the muscle. T) F

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T

57
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The elastic element include

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Tendon
Sarcolemma end of muscle fibers
Hinged arm of myosin cross-bridges

58
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Characteristics of isotonic contraction depends on..

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Load against muscle contraction
Inertia of the load

59
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Types of muscle fibers are

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Fast fibers
Slow fibers

60
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Each muscle is composed of…type of fiber

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Both

61
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Another name for slow fibers and fast fibre respectively

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Type 1/red muscle
Type 2/white fibers

62
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…fiber is characterized by large amount of myoglobin,smaller nerve fiber, high capillarity and large number of mitochondria

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Slow fibers

63
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What gives muscle its reddish appearance

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Myoglobin

64
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…fiber has extensive sarcoplasmic reticulum for rapid release of ca2+,larger with large amount of glycolytic enzyme, lower capillarity with few mitochondria

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Fast fibers

65
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Fast fibers have fewer mitochondria because… metabolism is of secondary importance

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Oxidative

66
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… fibers contains glycolytic enzyme

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Fast

67
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…is each motor neuron that leaves the spinal cord and innervates multiple muscle fibers

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Motor unit

68
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…is the addition of individual twitch contraction to increase the intensity of overall muscle contraction

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Force summation

69
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…is a single sudden contraction that lasts for a fraction of seconds

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Twitch

70
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Two ways summation occurs are

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Multiple motor unit summation
Frequency summation and tentanization

71
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What is multiple motor

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It is when the CNS sends a weak signal to contract muscle ,the motor unit in the muscles contains the smallest and fewest muscle fibers stimulated in preference to the larger motor units

72
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Increase in the total mass of muscle

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Muscle hypertrophy

73
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The enzyme that increases in muscle hypertrophy is known as

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Glycolytic enzyme

74
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The decrease in the mass of a muscle is

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Muscle atrophy

75
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Increase in fiber number is …

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Hyperplasia of muscle fibers

76
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…occurs as a result of linear splitting enlarged fibers

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Hyperplasia

77
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Destroyed nerve fiber are replaced by…

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Fibrous and fatty tissue

78
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The continuous shortening of fibrous tissue for many months is known as

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Contracture

79
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What is denervation

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It is the lose of nerve supply

80
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Recovery of muscle contraction in poliomyelitis is caused by …

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Macro motor unit

81
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Several hours after death,all muscles go into a state of contracture called

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Rigor mortis

82
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A state of muscle rigidity without action potential is known as

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Rigor mortis

83
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Rigor mortis is as a result of

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Loss of ATP

84
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A body remains rigor until …takes place

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Autolysis

85
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Drugs that inactivate acetylcholinestrase are

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Psyostigmine
Neostigmine and
Diflos

86
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Drug that blocks the neuromuscular transmission

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Curaciform

87
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Drugs that have the same action as acetylcholine are

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Methocholine
Carbachol
Nicotine

88
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…is used by military as a powerful nerve gas poison

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Diflos

89
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Myasthenia gravis cause

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Paralysis

90
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The pathogen myasthenia gravis is a … disease

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Autoimmune disease

91
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The patient suffering from paralysis dies mostly of

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Respiratory paralysis

92
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Two types of smooth muscle are

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Multi-unit smooth muscle
Single unit smooth muscle

93
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The unique characteristics of multi-unit smooth muscle are

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They contract independent of others
They are control by nerve signal

94
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Multi-unit smooth muscle are innervated by… nerve endings

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Single

95
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Examples of smooth muscle fibers are

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Ciliary of the eyes
Iris
Piloerector

96
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Another name for single unit smooth muscle are

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Visceral
Syncytial or
Unitary smooth muscle

97
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They are called single unit smooth muscle because

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Hundreds of millions of muscle fibers contract as a single unit

98
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The cell membrane of single unit smooth muscle are joined together by … junction

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Gap

99
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The type of muscle mostly found in hollow are

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Single unit smooth muscle

100
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Single unit smooth muscle in blood vessel…and …, they propel contents of…and expel the content of…

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Regulate blood vessel diameter and part of respiratory system
Gut walls,bile, ureter and uterus
Uretus and urinary bladder

101
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Physical basis for smooth muscle contraction are

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Actin filaments attached to dense bodies
Myosin filaments interspersed among the actin filaments
Contractile unit

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