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BIO 270 LECTURE EXAM 2 JMU HYND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026

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BIO 270 LECTURE EXAM 2 JMU
HYND

three types of skeletal muscle fibers - ANSWERS-slow oxidative, fast
oxidative, fast glycolytic (based on exercise done, slow vs. fast twitch
muscles)


muscle hypertrophy - ANSWERS-increased muscle size because of
regular high-intensity training


muscle atrophy - ANSWERS-decrease in muscle if not used


disuse atrophy - ANSWERS-muscle not used because in a cast or
brace


denervation atrophy - ANSWERS-damage to nerve innervating that
muscle


age-related atrophy - ANSWERS-naturally with age


calmodium - ANSWERS-equivalent to troponin in smooth muscle
cells- block the actions of contractile filaments until ready


smooth muscle fiber arangment - ANSWERS-diamond diagonal

,multiunit smooth muscle - ANSWERS-different units function
independently, stimulated by autonomic nerves, located in blood
vessels and in the eye


single unit smooth muscle - ANSWERS-visceral, fibers work
together. Self-excitable, use gap junctions to spread signals, line
hollow organs of digestive, reproductive, and urinary tract


myogenic - ANSWERS-self-excitable muscle, pacemaker.
Depolarizes, AP, and repolarizes on its own


circulatory system - ANSWERS-heart, blood vessels, blood


pulmonary pathway - ANSWERS-heart to lungs to heart, closed
circuit


systemic pathway - ANSWERS-heart to tissues to heart


veins - ANSWERS-bring blood to the heart, deoxygenated (except
pulmonary)


arteries - ANSWERS-take blood away from the heart, oxygenated
(except pulmonary)


septum - ANSWERS-divide internal heart in half

, atrioventricular valve - ANSWERS-prevent back flow into atrium.
right= tricuspid, left= bicuspid


semi-lunar valves - ANSWERS-prevent backflow into emptied
ventricles


mitral (bicuspid) valve prolapse - ANSWERS-cusp of valve falls into
atrium, artificially replaced.


cardiac muscle cells - ANSWERS-intercalated discs, linked by
desmosomes (anchor non-touching cells to each other) and gap
junctions so electric current can pass through


autorhythmicity - ANSWERS-heart initiates its own AP


autorhythmic cells - ANSWERS-specialized for initiating AP,
pacemaker potential, 1% of all cardiac cells, most important


contractile heart cells - ANSWERS-99% of cells, mechanical work of
contracting


sinoatrial node - ANSWERS-autorhythmic cells located on right atrial
wall near SVC entrance


atrioventricular node - ANSWERS-autorhythmic cells located on base
of right atrium near septum

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