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BIOL 348 WWU (KATE) EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND 100% APPROVED
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+B 2025
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Which of the following most accurately describes the innervation of skeletal muscle -
CORRECT ANSWER Motor neurons communicate with the muscle fiber directly
Perimysium - CORRECT ANSWER the connective tissue that surrounds bundles (fascicles) of
skeletal muscle cells.
The function of calcium ions in skeletal muscle contraction is to - CORRECT ANSWER bind to
regulatory proteins leading to a change in shape so that the myosin binding sites on the actin can
be exposed
The contractile proteins within a muscle fiber (cell) are - CORRECT ANSWER actin and
myosin
individual muscle fibers (cells) are arranged in bundles called - CORRECT ANSWER fascicles
Each muscle fiber is divided or compartmentalized into repeating segments of contraction called
- CORRECT ANSWER sarcomeres
the ends of the sarcomere, where there are ONLY thin filaments - CORRECT ANSWER I band
actin, troponin, tropomyosin - CORRECT ANSWER thin filaments
myosin - CORRECT ANSWER thick filament
Aponeurosis - CORRECT ANSWER extension from a muscle that forms a broad flat sheet
tendon - CORRECT ANSWER extension from a muscle that connects the muscle to bone
motor unit recruitment - CORRECT ANSWER when the muscle fibers need to get more help
(increasing number of motor units in a contraction)
t-tubules - CORRECT ANSWER outpocketings of the plasma membrane
nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER responsible for all behaviors, memories, and
movements
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