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Sliding Filament Theory - Muscle Contraction

Authored by Elle Pennington

Science

10th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Sliding Filament Theory - Muscle Contraction
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The contractile unit of a muscle:

sarcomere

motor unit

fascicle

myofibril

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Thick filaments within a myofibril are:

ATPase

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Actin

Myosin

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Thin filaments in a myofibril are

Sarcomeres

Sarcoplasm

Actin

Myosin

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Calcium:

causes ATP binding to actin

increases the action potential along the sarcolemma

binds to proteins on myosin

triggers the binding of myosin to actin

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a crossbridge?

Where myosin binds to actin

Where the calcium crosses into the cytoplasm

Where calcium binds with troponin

None of the answers are correct.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The energy needed to perform a muscle contraction comes directly from

ATP

Oxygen

Glucose

Calcium

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The neurotransmitter stored in the axon terminal identified as #3

Calcium Ion (Ca2+)

Protein Channel

Acetylcholine

Synaptic Cleft

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