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Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 1: The Muscle Twitch and the Latent Period Lab
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Pre-lab Quiz Results

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Experiment Results Predict Question:

Predict Question: Will changes to the stimulus voltage alter the duration of the latent period?

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Stop & Think Questions:

What is the period of time that elapses between the generation of an action potential and the start
of muscle tension development in a muscle fiber? You did not answer this question.

Correct answer: c. the latent period

What occurs during the latent period of these isometric contractions?

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Correct answer: b. All the steps of excitation-contraction coupling occur.

Post-lab Quiz Results

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1. An action potential in a motor neuron triggers the release of which neurotransmitter?

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Correct answer: b. acetylcholine

2. The term skeletal muscle fiber refers toYou did not answer this question.

Correct answer: a. an individual skeletal muscle cell.

3. The graded depolarization in the skeletal muscle fiber that is elicited in response to one
action potential from the motorneuron is called

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Correct answer: c. an EPP (end-plate potential).

4. Which of the following is not a phase of a skeletal muscle twitch?

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Correct answer: b. hyperpolarization phase

5. A skeletal muscle twitch is

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Correct answer: a. one contractile response to a single action potential.

6. Which of the following correctly matches the twitch phase with its definition?

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Correct answer: d. the contraction phase: the time between the end of the latent period and peak
muscle tension

Review Sheet Results

1. Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber, motor unit, skeletal muscle twitch, electrical stimulus,
and latent period.

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2. What is the role of acetylcholine in a skeletal muscle contraction?

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3. Describe the process of excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle fibers.

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4. Describe the three phases of a skeletal muscle twitch.

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5. Does the duration of the latent period change with different stimulus voltages? How well did
the results compare withyour prediction?

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6. At the threshold stimulus, do sodium ions start to move into or out of the cell to bring about
the membranedepolarization?

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