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(Muscles and Movement) Q.7 The light band of sarcomere is called:
Q.1 The muscles that are attached to the A) H band C) I band
skeleton are: B) A band D) M band
A) Smooth muscles Q.8 Light and dark bands of muscles give
B) Skeletal muscles the muscle cell as a whole its:
C) Cardiac muscles A) Strength
D) Involuntary muscles B) Nourishment
Q.2 Generally, each end of the entire C) Striped appearance
muscle is attached to bone by a bundle D) Protection
of collagen, non-elastic fibres known Q.9 A sarcomere is the region of a
as: myofibril between two successive:
A) Ligament C) Tendon A) A-lines C) Z-lines
B) Capsule D) Connective tissue B) H-lines D) M-lines
Q.3 It is a long cylindrical cell with multiple Q.10 Myofibrils contain:
oval nuclei arranged just beneath its A) Myofilaments C) Thin filaments
sarcolemma: B) Thick filaments D) Muscle fibres
A) Muscle fibre C) Myofibril Q.11 It is made up of thick and thin
B) Muscle bundle D) Myofilament filament:
Q.4 Sarcoplasm of muscle fibres differs A) Myofibril C) Muscle bundle
from the cytoplasm of the other cells as B) Muscle fibre D) Myofilament
it contains usually: Q.12 The diameter of thick filament is:
A) Large amount of stored starch A) 16 m C) 1-2 m
B) A unique oxygen binding protein, B) 7-8 nm D) 16 nm
myoglobin Q.13 Each myosin molecule has a tail
C) Hemoglobin that stores oxygen terminating in:
D) Large amount of stored lipids A) Two globular heads
Q.5 Myofibrils run in parallel fashion and B) Two linear heads
extend entire length of the: C) A globular head
A) Muscle bundle D) A linear head
B) Muscle Q.14 Globular heads of myosin filaments
C) Muscle fibre or muscle cell link the thick and the thin
D) Myofilament myofilaments together during
Q.6 Bundles of myofibrils are enclosed by contraction, that is why they are
the: sometimes called:
A) Muscle cell membrane A) Cross links C) Cross connection
B) Nuclear membrane B) Cross bridges D) Cross heads
C) Sarcolemma Q.15 Thin filaments have a diameter of:
D) Muscle cell membrane or sarcolemma A) 1-2 m C) 7-8 nm
B) 10-60 m D) 16 nm

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C) ATP is synthesized and the bridge

becomes fixed
D) ATP is hydrolyzed and the bridge
Q.16 Thin filaments are composed chiefly of: becomes fixed
A) Actin Q.22 All the fibres innervated by a single
B) Troponin motor neuron contract:
C) Tropomyosin A) One after other
D) Actin, tropomyosin and troponin B) Simultaneously
Q.17 Out of three polypeptides of troponin C) Separately
one binds to actin chain, another binds D) Now or then simultaneously
to tropomyosin while third binds: Q.23 T-system extends and encircles the
A) Myosin C) Sodium ions myofibril at the level of:
B) Collagen D) Calcium ions A) Z-line
Q.18 The hypothesis to explain all events B) A and I junction
involved in muscle contraction was C) Z-line or A and I Junctions
suggested by: D) M-line or A and I Junctions
A) H. Huxley Q.24 It causes muscle pH to drop when the
B) H. Huxley and A.F Huxley muscle suffers from:
C) A.F. Huxley A) Accumulation of ATPs
D) H. Huxley and A.F Huxley and their B) Aerobic breakdown of glucose
colleagues C) Overactive metabolism
Q.19 During muscle contraction the cross D) Lactic acid accumulation
bridges of thick filaments become Q.25 It increases the excitability of neurons
attached to: and result in loss of sensation:
A) Myosin filament A) Cramp C) Tetany
B) Binding sites of myosin filament B) Muscle fatigue D) Tetanus
C) Binding sites on actin filament Q.26 The vertebrates possess ______ kinds
D) Actin filament of muscles:
Q.20 Calcium ions bind with the troponin A) Two C) Three
molecule and cause them to: B) Four D) Six
A) Extend Q.27 It has regular stripes:
B) Move slightly A) Cardiac muscles
C) Contract B) Skeletal muscles
D) Remain in the same position C) Voluntary muscles
Q.21 Once the myosin head has become D) Involuntary muscles
attached to the actin filament: Q.28 It has many nuclei per cell:
A) ATP is synthesized and the bridge A) Smooth muscles
goes to its cycle B) Cardiac muscles
B) ATP is hydrolyzed and the bridge goes C) Skeletal muscles
to its cycle D) Involuntary muscles

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Q.35 If a cross section of a sarcomere is seen,

each myosin is surrounded by how
many actin molecules:
Q.29 Contraction of smooth muscles is A) 9 C) 6
caused by following causes: B) 5 D) 7
A) Spontaneous stimuli
B) Nervous system & hormonal stimuli Q.36 The protein filament which binds to the
C) Stretch stimuli calcium:
D) Spontaneous, stretch, nervous & A) Actin C) Troponin
hormones B) Myosin D) Tropomyosin
Q.30 The contraction of cardiac muscles is Q.37 Muscle fatigue is caused by:
caused by: A) CO2
A) Spontaneous stimuli B) Accumulation lactic acid
B) Nervous stimuli C) Fumaric acid
C) Stretch stimuli D) Ethyl alcohol
D) Hormonal stimuli Q.38 Twisting around the actin chains there
Q.31 The function of cardiac muscles is to: are two strands of another protein:
A) To pump blood A) Myosin C) Troponin
B) To move the skeleton B) Tropomyosin D) Creatine
C) To control movement of substances Q.39 It remains fixed during muscle
through hollow organs contraction:
D) To pump the lymph A) Origin C) Belly
Q.32 The function of skeletal muscles is to: B) Insertion D) Bone
A) To pump blood Q.40 _______ can polarize visible light:
B) To move the skeleton A) M-line of sarcomere
C) To control movement of substances B) I-band of sarcomere
through hollow organs C) H-band of sarcomere
D) To pump the lymph D) A-band of sarcomere
Q.33 A smallest contractile unit of muscle Q.41 It length of myofibril from one Z-line
contraction called sarcomere is the area to the next:
between two: A) Plasma membrane C) Sarcoplasm
A) H- zone C) Z- Line B) Sarcomere D) Sarcolemma
B) M- Line D) A band Q.42 Muscle cell is considered as:
Q.34 The thousands of T-tubules of each A) Muscle fiber
muscle cell are collectively called: B) Sarcomere
A) Triad C) Muscle bundle
B) Sarco-tubules D) Myofibril
C) T-system Q.43 Smooth reticulum are similar in
D) Neuromuscular junction structure to:
A) RER
C) Golgi bodies
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B) Microfilaments
D) Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Q.44 Pickup the ranges of muscle fibre:
A) 5 – 10 µm C) 10 – 100 µm
B) 1 – 2 µm D) 50 – 100 nm
Q.45 The thin filaments extends across the I-
band and partly in to:
A) Z-line C) A-band
B) H-zone D) M-line
Q.46 The ______ have mid-section called H
zone:
A) H-zone C) Z-zone
B) M-zone D) A-zone
Q.47 Pick up a complex of three polypeptide
chains protein:
A) Tropomyosin B) Actin
C) Myosin D) Troponin
Q.48 Each myosin filament is surrounded by
_______ actin filaments on both ends:
A) 5 B) 6
C) 10 D) 12
Q.49 After death, the amount _______ in the
body falls:
A) Water C) Oxygen
B) Calcium D) ATP
Q.50 Majority of muscles tissue in human
body are ________ type:
A) Smooth C) Cardiac
B) Circular D) Skeletal

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ANSWER KEY (Worksheet-2) Q.3 Answer is “Muscle fibre”

1 B 21 B 41 B Explanation: A muscle cell or muscle
2 C 22 B 42 A fibre of skeletal muscle have such
3 A 23 C 43 D features.
4 B 24 D 44 C
5 C 25 C 45 C
6 D 26 C 46 A
7 C 27 B 47 D
8 C 28 C 48 D
9 C 29 D 49 D
10 A 30 B 50 D
11 D 31 A
12 D 32 B
13 A 33 C
14 B 34 C
15 C 35 C
16 A 36 C Q.4 Answer is “A unique oxygen binding
protein myoglobin”
17 D 37 B
18 D 38 B Explanation: It is called muscle
19 C 39 A hemoglobin.
20 B 40 D Q.5 Answer is “Muscle fibre or muscle cell”
EXPLANATION Explanation: Myofibrils have same
length as held by muscle cell.
Q.1 Answer is “Skeletal muscles”
Explanation: Skeletal muscles are called Q.6 Answer is “Muscle cell membrane or
so because of their association on with sarcolemma”
skeleton. Explanation: The plasma membrane of
Q.2 Answer is “Tendon” muscle cell is called sarcolemma.
Explanation: Q.7 Answer is “I-band”
Explanation: It consists of thin (actin)
filaments only.
Q.8 Answer is “Striped appearance”
Explanation: That is why they are called
striped or striated muscles.
Q.9 Answer is “Z-line”
Explanation: An area between two Z-
lines or Z disc is called sarcomere.
Tendon makes the ends of origin and ends
of insersion of a skeletal muscles. Q.10 Answer is “Myofilaments”
Explanation: Actin and myosin
filaments.

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Q.11 Answer is “Myofilament” Explanation: When the muscle is

Explanation: Actin filament is thin while required to contract, calcium ions bind
myosin filament is thick. They with the troponin molecule and cause
collectively (six thin myofilaments and them to move slightly. This has the effect
one thick myofilament) give rise to a of displacing the tropomycin and
myofibril. exposing the binding sites for the myosin
head.
Q.12 Answer is “16nm”
Q.21 Answer is “ATP is hydrolyzed and
Explanation: As per measurement. bridge goes to its cycle”
Q.13 Answer is “Two globular heads” Explanation: Muscle contraction is
Explanation: These are looping ends highly active process and ATPs are
which make cross bridges with thin consumed at each step i.e. making bond
myofilament. with actin filament, moving or bending
and detaching from actin filament.
Q.14 Answer is “Cross bridges”
Q.22 Answer is “Simultaneously”
Explanation: Bond between myosin
head and thin filament is called cross Explanation: the contraction of each
bridge. muscle fibre is based on “All or none”
principle i.e. all of its fibrils participate in
Q.15 Answer is “7-8 nm” contraction. The degree of contraction
Explanation: As per measurement. depends at once upon the number of
fibres that participate in the contraction.
Q.16 Answer is “Actin”
Q.23 Answer is “Z-line or A and I junctions”
Explanation: Thin myofilaments consist
of actin, tropomyosin and troponin, Explanation: It is to ensure the
however the chief protein is actin. So thin transmission of impulse.
myofilament is chiefly made up of actin. Q.24 Answer is “Lactic acid accumulation”
Q.17 Answer is “Calcium ions” Explanation: It accumulates as a result
Explanation: Calcium ions after making of anaerobic respiration and accumulation
bond with troponin drag the tropomyosin of acid lowers the pH.
away from the slot where myosin head Q.25 Answer is “Tetany”
makes bond.
Explanation: As per symptoms of
Q.18 Answer is “H. Huxley and A-F Huxley tetany.
and their colleagues”
Q.26 Answer is “Three”
Explanation: As per historical fact.
Explanation: Skeletal, smooth and
Q.19 Answer is “Binding sites on actin cardiac.
filament”
Q.27 Answer is “Skeletal muscles”
Explanation: Myosin heads bind to the
binding sites on actin filaments to make Explanation: Skeletal muscles have
cross bridges. These myosin heads bring regular striations or strips converting the
the actin filaments towards the centre of surface into alternating light and dark
the sarcomere by contracting. bands.
Q.20 Answer is “Move slightly” Q.28 Answer is “Skeletal muscle”

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Explanation: Skeletal muscle cells are

multinucleate.
Q.29 Answer is “Spontaneous, stretch,
nervous and hormones”
Explanation: Causes of contraction of
smooth muscles are diverse. Each myosin filament is surrounded by 6
actin filaments on each end.
Q.36 Answer is “Troponin”
Explanation: The protein filament which
Q.30 Answer is “Nervous stimuli” binds to the calcium troponin.
Explanation: It is autonomic nervous
system, which send rythonic stimuli. Q.37 Answer is “Accumulation lactic acid”
Explanation: Muscle fatigue is caused
Q.31 Answer is “To pump blood” by accumulation lactic acid.
Explanation: As per function of the
heart. Q.38 Answer is “Tropomyosin”
Explanation: Twisting around the actin
Q.32 Answer is “To move the skeleton” chains there are two strands of another
Explanation: As per function of the protein tropomyosin.
skeletal muscles.
Q.39 Answer is “Origin”
Q.33 Answer is “Z- Line” Explanation: It remains fixed during
Explanation: muscle contraction origin.
Q.40 Answer is “A-band of sarcomere”
Explanation: I-band of sarcomere
cannot polarize visible light.

Q.34 Answer is “T-system”

Explanation: The thousands of T-
tubules of each muscle cell are
collectively called T-system. Q.41 Answer is “Sarcomere”
Q.35 Answer is “6” Explanation: The length of myofibril
Explanation: from one Z-line to the next is known as
sarcomere.
Q.42 Answer is “Muscle fiber”

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Explanation: Each muscle consists of

muscle bundles, which are further Each myosin filament is surrounded by 12
composed of muscle fibers of cells. actin filaments on both ends.
Q.43 Answer is “Sarcoplasmic reticulum” Q.49 Answer is “ATP”
Explanation: The nerve impulse is Explanation: After death, the amount of
carried through the T-tubule to the ATP in the body falls. Under these
adjacent sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). the circumstances the bridges cannot be
calcium gates of the ST open releasing broken and so they remain firmly bound.
calcium into the cytosol, thus binding This results in the body becoming stiff, a
calcium ion to troponin molecules of the condition known as rigor mortis.
thin filament. Q.50 Answer is “Skeletal”
Explanation: Majority of muscles tissue
in your body are skeletal type.

Q.44 Answer is “10 – 100 m”

Explanation: The diameter of skeletal
muscle fibres is in ranges of 10 – 100 m.
Q.45 Answer is “A-band”
Explanation: The thin filaments extends
across the I-band and partly in A-band.
Q.46 Answer is “H zone”
Explanation: Each A band has a lighter
stripe in its mid-section called H-zone (H
stands for “hele” mean bright). The H-
zone is bisected by dark line called M -
line. The I bands have mid line called Z-
line (Z for zwishen means between).
Q.47 Answer is “Troponin”
Explanation: The protein that is
complex of three polypeptide chains is
called troponin.
Q.48 Answer is “12”
Explanation:

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