Skeletal Muscle Contraction — Flashcards

Slow EPSPs and IPSPs are not generated by _____ muscles.

In the muscle stretch reflex, stretch increases afferent impulses via _____ and II nerve fibers

What type of muscle fibres do not have striations, troponin or T tubules?_____

Resting membrane potential of a _____ muscle is -90 mV

After the power stroke in muscle contraction, binding of a new _____ molecule causes detachment of the myosin head from the actin filament

A sustained contraction with little expenditure of energy is made possible by a _____ mechanism in smooth muscle

Chemical Events during Muscle Contraction: No answer _____

Fast twitch muscle fibers are _____ due to decreased myoglobin concentration

Hint: (color)

_____ is absent in smooth muscle but present in skeletal muscle

Hint: Micro-component

Slow twitch muscle fibers are _____ due to increased myoglobin concentration

Hint: (color)