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1
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Why are skeletal muscle fibers unable to undergo mitosis?

A

Because they are multinucleated (more than one nuclei)

2
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During embryonic development, what fuses together to form one skeletal muscle fiber?

A

Myoblasts

3
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What are able to regenerate functional muscle fibers to a limited degree by fusing with themselves or with damaged muscle fibers?

A

Satellite cells

4
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Damaged skeletal muscle tissue typically undergoes ____ which is the replacement of muscle fibers by fibrous scar tissue

A

Fibrosis

5
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The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber is termed what?

A

Sacrolemma

6
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What is the cytoplasm of a muscle fiber

A

Sarcoplasm

7
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What gives skeletal muscles its striated appearance?

A

Myofibrils

8
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What is the Sarcoplasmic reticulum?

A

The smooth endoplasmic reticulum of a muscle fiber

9
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What does the sarcoplasmic reticulum do?

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Stores calcium ions, and releases them when the muscle fiber is stimulated

10
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How do T-tubules open?

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Like a cul-de-sac, only to the outside

11
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What is is the calcium-binding protein inside the sarcoplasmic reticulum called?

A

Calsequestrin

12
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Is the Ca++ concentration in a relaxed muscle less or higher than the cytosl?

A

higher, (10,000 times higher)

13
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What are the dilated regions that flank the T-tubules?

A

Terminal cisterns

14
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Two terminal cisterns flanking one T-tubule is called a

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Triad

15
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What are myofibrils made of?

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Filaments

16
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What are the two types of filaments?

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Thick and Thin

17
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What are thin filaments composed of? What is their nature?

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Actin: contractile protein

Troponin: regulatory protein

Tropomyosin: regulatory protein

18
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What are thick filaments composed of? What is their nature?

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myosin; contractile protein

19
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What can be said about the ratio between thick and thin filaments?

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there are two thin filaments for every thick filament

20
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What are the basic functional units of a myofibril?

A

Sarcomeres

21
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In the sarcomere, which band only has thin filaments?

A

I band

22
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In the sarcomere, which zone only has thick filaments?

A

H zone

23
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In the sarcomere, which band has both thick and thin filaments?

A

A band

24
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Muscle fiber proteins comprise of what three categories?

A

Contractile, Regulatory, and Structural proteins

25
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Which proteins are considered contractile proteins?

A

Myosin and Actin

26
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Which proteins are considered Regulatory proteins?

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Troponin and Tropomyosin

27
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Which proteins are considered structural proteins?

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Titin, Myomesin, Dystrophin, and Sarcolemmal proteins