Medical Mcqs

Skeletal muscles______________?
  • (A)  Contracts when calcium is taken up by sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • (B)  Contracts when actin and myosin filaments shorten
  • (C)  Contraction is initiated by calcium binding to troponin
  • (D)  Contraction is initiated by calcium binding to tropomyosin
The skeletal muscle action potential______________?
  • (A)  Is not essential for contraction to occur
  • (B)  Has a prolonged plateau phase?
  • (C)  Spreads in ward to all parts of the muscle via the t- tubule system
  • (D)  Begins with an, in ward movement of K+ ins