UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
what kind of muscle exhibits remarkable plasticity in structure and function? - CORRECT
ANSWER - skeletal muscle
what does it mean that adult muscle fibers are postmitotic? - CORRECT ANSWER - no
cell division after maturation
how does structural plasticity manifest itself? - CORRECT ANSWER - as changes in fiber
size
-atrophy to hypertrophy
what is functional plasticity? - CORRECT ANSWER - intercoversion of muscle fibers
-between Type 1 and Type II
-or modulation of mitochondrial density
Type 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - slow twitch
type II - CORRECT ANSWER - fast twitch
how are type I cells fatigue-resistant ? - CORRECT ANSWER - high mitochondrial
density
why are type I muscle fibers energy-efficient? - CORRECT ANSWER - rely on aerobic
respiration of ATP
what do Type II fibers exhibit? - CORRECT ANSWER - rapid cross-bridge cycling