Smooth Muscle & ANS

Question 1

Smooth muscle differs from striated muscle because

Answer 1

Depends on the acitvation of actin in striated muscle where it depenmds on the activation of myosin in smooth muscle

Question 2

Dense bodies store Calmodulin

T of F

Answer 2

False

Location of actin and mysoin anchorage

not a storage site

Calmodulin is just floating around

Question 3

Calcium regulates smooth muscle contraction because

Answer 3

• Binds to Calmodulin

Question 4

Cell bodies for the

parasympathetic nervous system are found:

Answer 4

• Craniosacral system
• sacral portion of the spinal cord
• In the sacral portion of the spinal cord
• Axons travel in the ventral horn

Question 5

Sympathetic Nervous System for Striated Muscle

Answer 5

• Part of the autonomic nervous system
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Question 6

A dorsal root contains:

Answer 6

• Sensory neuron axons

Question 7

Ventral Root contains:

Answer 7

• Autonomic neuron axons
• Alpha motor neurons