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Important Questions on Locomotion and Movement

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Neurotransmitter released at the neuromuscular junction of a voluntary muscles is:
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Choose the incorrect statement about muscle contraction from the following:
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Which of the following is not a character of red muscle?
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Which one of the following proteins does not play a role in skeletal muscle contraction?
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During muscular contraction which of the following events occur?
(a) 'H' zone disappears
(b) 'A' band widens
(c) 'I' band reduces in width
(d) Myosin hydrolyzes ATP, releasing the ADP and Pi
(e) Z-lines attached to actins are pulled inwards.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Arrange the following in a sequence from edge to centre in a sarcomere.
A) M-line
B) Z-line
C) H-zone
D) I-band
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Name the ion responsible for the unmasking of active sites for myosin for cross-bridge activity during muscle contraction.
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Calcium important in skeletal muscle contraction because 
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Which of the following will NOT be triggered by the release of acetylcholine in the synapse at the neuromuscular junction during muscle contraction?
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How does muscle cells change their shape?

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Myoglobin helps in the transport of oxygen in _______.
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Sliding filament theory can be best explained as:
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Which of the following statements about muscles are correct?
(i) Muscles show three essential properties such as excitability, conductivity and contractility.
(ii) Muscular tissue is endodermal in origin except muscle of iris and ciliary body.
(iii) The cytoplasm of muscle fibre has several myofibrils.
(iv) Skeletal muscles exhibit slow and prolonged contractions.
(v) The regular arrangement of myosin and actin filaments is responsible for alternate dark and light bands of striated muscle.
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Regulatory proteins in a myofibril are
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The part of sarcomere that contains both thick and thin filaments are present in ________.
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Assertion (A): Skeletal muscles have very limited power of regeneration.

Reason (R): Satellite cells are present in them.

The correct option among the following is

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Assertion (A): Light meromyosin and Heavy meromyosin are often called regulatory proteins.
Reason (R): The above said molecules have a role in masking and unmasking the active sites on actin.
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Distinguish between red muscle fires and white muscle fibres,
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Identify the correct statement with reference to shortening of sarcomere
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Due to constant writing, muscles of hands show fatigueness because_____.