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Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 6: The Skeletal Muscle Length-Tension Relationship Lab Report
3. Active force
You correctly answered: b. is determined by the amount of myosin bound to actin.
4. When you generate the isometric length-tension curve, which of the following forces will not be indicated on your
screen?
You correctly answered: c. tetanic force
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: As the resting length of the muscle is changed, what will happen to the amount of total force the muscle
generates during the stimulated twitch?
Your answer : c. Total force can increase or decrease depending upon the starting resting length.
Experiment Data:
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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 20% by answering 1 out of 5 questions correctly.
1. When a skeletal muscle is stimulated and generates force but remains at a fixed length
Your answer: c. there is no active force developed within the muscle.
Correct answer: d. the muscle is contracting isometrically.
2. Which protein is mostly responsible for the development of passive force in a muscle?
Your answer: b. myosin
Correct answer: d. titin
4. Which of the following is not depicted in a typical skeletal muscle isometric length-tension curve?
Your answer: d. passive force
Correct answer: a. time
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Review Sheet Results
You have not completed the Review Sheet.
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