Structure and Function of Organisms
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Lab 14: Nerve and muscleQuestions for Frog Nerve/Muscle Lab
1. The nerve you will dissect (together with the muscle) in this week's lab is named the ___________ nerve. 2. The muscle to used in the experiment this week is called the ________________. 3 & 4. To measure muscle force, the muscle is attached to a device called a ________ __________ (2 words) that reports a voltage proportional to the force to the A/D converter. 5. The tension response to a single stimulus of the nerve is known as a _______________. 6 & 7. A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers that neuron innervates is known as a ________ _________. 8. If the nerve is stimulated repetitively, the maximum force produced is __________ (choose more, less, or the same as) the tension generated by a single stimulus. 9 & 10. When examined under the microscope, the muscle contains alternating light and dark bands. The dark band is known as the _____ band. The light band is known as the _____ band. 11. In the middle of the light band is a line known as the _____ line. 12. The repeating unit from one line in one light band to the next line in the next light band is known as the ______________. 13, 14& 15. The muscle contracts in response to stimulation of the nerve because the nerve terminals liberate a neurotransmitter known as _____________, that binds to receptors in the muscle membrane, depolarizes the muscle membrane past threshold, causing it to generate an __________ ___________ (two words). 16 & 17. The major contractile proteins of muscle are known as ________ and ________. 18. A protein that negatively regulates muscle contraction by preventing interaction between the major contractile proteins is ________________. 19 & 20. The negative regulation of filament sliding is owed to the release of ________ ions from the _____________ reticulum. 21 & 22. Muscle relaxation occurs when the ______ ions are pumped back into the __________ reticulum. 23 & 24. The amount of tension generated by a muscle can be varied by the nervous system by determining the number of simultaneously active ________ units and the _________ at which each of these units is firing. 25. The maximum response of a muscle to repetitive stimulation is known as a ________.
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