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2) What structure, composed of connective tissue, transmits force from contracting skeletal
muscle to bone?
A) myofibril
B) fascicle
C) tendon
D) ligament
E) aponeurosis
3) The fundamental repeating unit of the myofibril, called a ________, gives skeletal muscle
its striated appearance and is bordered by ________.
A) crossbridge : Z lines
B) sarcomere : M lines
C) sarcomere : I bands
D) sarcomere : Z lines
E) crossbridge : A bands
4) What is the region of the striated muscle's banding patterns that contains only the
connections between the tails of myosin molecules and is the mid-point of the sarcomere?
A) A band
B) I band
C) H zone
D) Z line
E) M line
6) What is the regulatory protein component of the thin filament that binds to calcium,
thereby initiating skeletal muscle contraction?
A) myosin
B) tropomyosin
C) troponin
D) actin
E) titin
7) Which of the following is a structural protein that extends along each thick filament from
M line to Z line?
A) titin
B) actin
C) myosin
D) tropomyosin
E) troponin
8) The shortening of a skeletal muscle fiber during contraction involves which of the
following?
A) the thick filaments shortening
B) the thin filaments shortening
C) the sarcomeres shortening
D) the A bands shortening
E) the Z lines not changing their position
10) Which of the following transmits action potentials to the interior of the muscle cell to
trigger calcium release?
A) actin and myosin
B) sarcomeres
C) tendons
D) sarcoplasmic reticulum
E) motor end plate
11) Which of the following generates the mechanical force of a muscle through crossbridge
cycling?
A) actin and myosin
B) motor end plate
C) sarcomeres
D) tendons
E) sarcoplasmic reticulum
12) Which of the following attaches muscle to bone?
A) sarcomeres
B) sarcoplasmic reticulum
C) tendons
D) actin and myosin
E) motor end plate