CHAPTER 10 ONLINE QUIZ Part A Excitation-contraction coupling is a series of events that occur after the events of the neuromuscular

junction have transpired. The term excitation refers to which step in the process? - Excitation, in this case, refers to the propagation of action potentials along the sarcolemma. Part B Excitation of the sarcolemma is coupled or linked to the contraction of a skeletal muscle fiber. What specific event initiates the contraction? - Calcium release from the Sarcoplasmic reticulum initiates the contraction. Part C A triad is composed of a T-tubule and two adjacent terminal cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. How are these components connected? A series of proteins that control calcium release. Part D What is name given to the regularly spaced infoldings of the sarcolemma? Yes! T tubules penetrate a skeletal muscle fiber and provide a pathway for excitation into the interior. Part E Which of the following is most directly responsible for the coupling of excitation to contraction of skeletal muscle fibers? - Calcuim Ions. Part F What is the relationship between the number of motor neurons recruited and the number of skeletal muscle fibers innervated? Typically, a skeletal muscle fiber is innervated by one motor neuron. However, one neuron will innervate many skeletal muscle fibers.

Part 2- The Contraction Cycle Myofibrils are __________. made of a series of sarcomeres

Z lines define the edges of which of the following? Sarcomere

Myosin molecules form what part of the sarcomere? thick filament

Which of the following is involved in the power stroke? Myosin Which of the following proteins contains the active site involved in cross-bridge formation? Actin

When the sarcomere is at rest, what is covering the active sites on actin? -

Tropomyosin

When calcium is released inside a muscle cell, what does it bind to? Troponin Myosin molecules form cross-bridges when they attach to __________. Actin

What happens immediately after the myosin head binds to the active site on actin? The myosin head pivots, moving the actin strand

ATP binding leads to which of the following actions? pivoting of the myosin head