Name: praktikum anfisma act 2

Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 2: The Effect of Stimulus Voltage on Skeletal Muscle Contraction Lab
Report

Pre-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1. Skeletal muscle fibers are innervated (stimulated) by

You correctly answered: c. motor neurons.

2. A single action potential propagating down a motor axon results in

You correctly answered: d. a single action potential and a single contractile event in the muscle fibers it innervates.

3. In resting skeletal muscle, calcium is stored in

You correctly answered: c. the sarcoplasmic reticulum.

4. During the latent period for an isometric contraction

You correctly answered: c. the cellular events involved in excitation-contraction coupling occur.

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: As the stimulus voltage is increased from 1.0 volt up to 10 volts, what will happen to the amount of active
force generated with each stimulus?
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Stop & Think Questions:

What do you see in the active force display when the stimulus voltage is set to 0.0, and why does this observation make
sense?
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Correct answer: a. 0.00 g; there was no activation of skeletal muscle fibers by this stimulus.

What is the lowest stimulus voltage that induces active force in the skeletal muscle?
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Correct answer: b. threshold voltage

6. Enter the threshold voltage for this experiment in the field below and then click Submit Data to record your answer in the
lab report
You did not answer this question.12. Enter the maximal voltage for this experiment in the field below and then click Submit
Data to record your answer in the lab report.
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Experiment Data:

Voltage Length Active Force Passive Force Total Force

0.0 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.9 75 0.09 0.0 0.09
1.0 75 0.15 0.0 0.15
1.5 75 0.43 0.0 0.43
2.0 75 0.66 0.0 0.66
2.5 75 0.87 0.0 0.87
3.0 75 1.04 0.0 1.04
3.5 75 1.19 0.0 1.19
4.0 75 1.32 0.0 1.32
4.5 75 1.42 0.0 1.42
5.0 75 1.51 0.0 1.51
5.5 75 1.59 0.0 1.59
6.0 75 1.65 0.0 1.65
6.5 75 1.70 0.0 1.70
7.0 75 1.74 0.0 1.74
7.5 75 1.78 0.0 1.78
8.0 75 1.81 0.0 1.81
8.5 75 1.82 0.0 1.82
9.0 75 1.82 0.0 1.82
9.5 75 1.82 0.0 1.82
10.0 75 1.82 0.0 1.82

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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 0% by answering 0 out of 6 questions correctly.

1. Motor unit recruitment refers to

Your answer: b. an increase in the number of active muscle fibers to decrease the work a muscle must perform.
Correct answer: a. an increase in the number of active muscle fibers to increase the force developed in a muscle.

2. Active tension (or force) in a skeletal muscle fiber results from

Your answer: c. moving the muscle on its support stand.
Correct answer: a. activation of cross bridge cycling via increased intracellular calcium levels.

3. The ________ is the minimal stimulus needed to cause a depolarization of the muscle plasma membrane (sarcolemma).

Your answer: a. motor unit voltage

Correct answer: d. threshold voltage

4. By definition, the ________ is the amount of stimulus required to successfully recruit all the muscle fibers into
developing active force.
Your answer: a. latent voltage
Correct answer: c. maximal voltage

5. Why was a maximal voltage observed in this experiment?

Your answer: c. The maximal voltage induces the most acetylcholine release from a muscle fiber's sarcolemma (or plasma
membrane).
Correct answer: b. At the maximal voltage, all the muscle fibers contained in this muscle are depolarized and they all
develop active force (that is, they were all successfully recruited).

6. A sufficiently strong electrical stimulus applied to an isolated, mounted skeletal muscle induces the development of
muscle force, or muscle tension. Which of the following statements concerning this observation is true?
Your answer: b. The electrical stimulus only influences the skeletal muscle fibers that are in immediate contact with the
electrodes.
Correct answer: c. The electrical stimulus mimics acetylcholine release at a neuromuscular junction

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Review Sheet Results
1. Describe the effect of increasing stimulus voltage on isolated skeletal muscle. Specifically, what happened to the muscle
force generated with stronger electrical stimulations and why did this change occur? How well did the results compare with
your prediction?
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2. How is this change in whole-muscle force achieved in vivo?

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3. What happened in the isolated skeletal muscle when the maximal voltage was applied?
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