The type of muscle contraction in which the muscle fibers produce increased tension although the muscle neither shortens nor lengthens is called _______

Which of the following muscles is voluntary?

What is the ion released from the terminal cisternae that combines with troponin and removes the blocking action of tropomyosin, resulting in the formation of cross bridges?

The sequence of electrical changes that occurs along the sarcolemma when a muscle fiber is stimulated is known as the ______

Which type of skeletal muscle contains abundant quantities of glycogen?

Which of the following statements about smooth muscle is true?

The space between the axon terminus of the neuron and the sarcolemma of the muscle fiber is ______

Which of the following is thought to be an autoimmune disease of acetylcholine receptors?

All of the following terms refer to the ability to receive and respond to a stimulus EXCEPT ______

Which of the following best describes the composition of the structure known as a triad in a skeletal muscle fiber?

Which of the following substances increases in quantity during repetitive muscle contraction during oxygen deficit?

In the sliding filament model of muscle contraction, the myofilaments slide over each other, resulting in the overlapping of actin and _________

The functional unit of contraction in a skeletal muscle fiber is the _______

Myofilament cross bridges form when which two structures bond?

The alternating contraction and relaxation of opposing layers of smooth muscle is referred to as ______

What is the cause of rigor mortis?

An entire skeletal muscle is surrounded by

Continued mild or partial contraction of a muscle that keeps it healthy and ready to respond is known as muscle _______

Which one of the following binds calcium ions in a smooth muscle, causing contraction?

the refractory period in which the muscle will NOT contract if stimulated occurs during _____ of the muscle cell.

Each skeletal muscle fiber is controlled by a neuron at a single _________

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A motor neuron along with all the muscle fibers it supplies is called a(n) _________

Which of the following does NOT occur during skeletal muscle contraction?

Which of the following characteristics is unique to smooth muscle?

Where does 95% of the energy needed for contraction come from during moderate exercise?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of skeletal muscle contraction?

During the phase of excitation-contraction coupling of skeletal muscle, what occurs immediately after the action potential spreads down the T tubule?

Which of the following allows recoil of the muscle fiber when contraction ends?

Myoglobin ______