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Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 1: The Muscle Twitch and the Latent Period Lab Report
5. A twitch is
You correctly answered: a. one contractile response to a single action potential.
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: Will changes to the stimulus voltage alter the duration of the latent period?
Your answer : b. No, changing the stimulus voltage will not change the latent period duration.
Experiment Data:
Voltage Length Active Force Passive Force Total Force Latent Period
0.0 75 0.0 0.0 0.0 ----
3.0 75 1.04 0.0 1.04 ----
4.0 75 1.32 0.0 1.32 ----
4.0 75 1.32 0.0 1.32 3.20
2.0 75 0.66 0.0 0.66 2.80
6.0 75 1.65 0.0 1.65 2.80
8.0 75 1.81 0.0 1.81 2.80
10.0 75 1.82 0.0 1.82 2.40
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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 6 out of 6 questions correctly.
3. The graded depolarization in the skeletal muscle fiber that is elicited in response to one action potential from the motor
neuron is called
You correctly answered: c. an EPP (end-plate potential).
6. Which of the following correctly matches the twitch phase with its definition?
You correctly answered: d. the contraction phase: the time between the end of the latent period and peak muscle tension
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Review Sheet Results
1. Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber, motor unit, skeletal muscle twitch, electrical stimulus, and latent period.
Your answer:
Skeletal muscle fiber: muscle cell that consist skeletal muscle
motor unit: a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by it
skeletal muscle twitch: respond to a single action potential
electrical stimulus: stimuli that makes muscle contraction
latent period: period between stimuli and contraction
5. Does the duration of the latent period change with different stimulus voltages? How well did the results compare with
your prediction?
Your answer:
the latent period was the same as expected
6. At the threshold stimulus, do sodium ions start to move into or out of the cell to bring about the membrane
depolarization?
Your answer:
sodium ions move into cell duiring threshold stimlus to make the membrane depolarize
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