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Muscle Biology

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Muscle biology covers the structures, functions, and contraction mechanisms of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles. Test questions target filaments, stimuli, and specific muscle roles. A clear understanding helps secure marks in biology sections.

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Muscle Biology Questions

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When we lift a heavy object

  1. Triceps contracts and biceps relaxes

  2. Biceps contracts and triceps relaxes

  3. Both biceps and triceps contracts

  4. Both biceps and triceps relax

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

When the triceps muscle contracts, the biceps muscle relaxes and the arm straightens. As triceps muscles are not as powerful as the biceps it does not have to exert great force to straighten the arm. Thus. the biceps exerts force to straighten the arms and lifting a heavy object.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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Biceps brachii and triceps brachii are

  1. Antagonistic muscles

  2. Adductors

  3. Abductors

  4. Complementary muscles

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Biceps brachii and triceps branchii are antagonistic muscles.
Antagonistic muscles often occur in pairs, called as antagonistic pairs. As one muscle contracts, the other relaxes. An example of an antagonistic pair is the biceps and triceps; to contract the triceps relaxes while the biceps contracts to lift the arm.
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The cytoplasm of muscle fibre is known as

  1. Neuroplasm

  2. Protoplasm

  3. Germplasm

  4. Sarcoplasm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Each muscle fibre(muscle cell) is lined by the plasma membrane called sarcolemma enclosing the sarcoplasm(cytoplasm of muscle fibre). 
  • Sarcoplasm is a water solution containing ATP and phosphagens, as well as the enzymes and intermediate and product molecules involved in many metabolic reactions. The most abundant metal in the sarcoplasm is potassium.
  • Hence The cytoplasm of muscle fibre is known as sarcoplasm.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Sarcoplasm'.
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Total number of muscles in our body is

  1. 256 muscles

  2. 639 muscles

  3. 400 muscles

  4. 421 muscles

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

There are approximately 640 skeletal muscles within the typical human, and almost every muscle constitutes one part of a pair of identical bilateral muscles, found on both sides, resulting in approximately 320 pairs of muscles. Nevertheless, the exact number is difficult to define because different sources group muscles differently. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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Which is correctly paired?

  1. Heart- Involuntary, unstriated muscle

  2. Iris- Involuntary, smooth muscle

  3. Biceps- Smooth muscle

  4. Abdominal wall- Smooth muscle

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • The smooth muscle fibres(muscle cell) are tapered at both ends (fusiform) and do not show striations.
  • Smooth muscles are involuntary muscles because their functioning cannot be directly controlled.
  • The wall of internal organs such as the blood vessels, stomach, intestine and iris contains this type of muscle tissue.
  • Hence Iris-Involuntary, smooth muscle.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Iris-Involuntary, smooth muscle'.
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Study the following and identify the incorrect statements
(i) Muscles of iris and ciliary body are smooth muscles of mesodermal origin
(ii) Slow and sustained involuntary contraction of smooth muscles are called spasms
(iii) Quiescent mononucleate myogenic cells of skeletal muscles are called pericytes
(iv) Skeletal muscles fibre is multinucleate and is a syncytium

  1. i, iv

  2. ii, iv

  3. iii, iv

  4. i, iii

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

  • The stroma and the anterior border layer of the iris are derived from the neural crest, and behind the stroma of the iris, the sphincter pupillae and dilator pupillae muscles, as well as the iris epithelium, develop from optic cup neuroectoderm. Hence, Muscles of iris and ciliary body are not smooth muscles of mesodermal origin.
  • Pericytes are multi-functional cells that wrap around the endothelial cells that line the capillaries and venules throughout the body. Pericytes are specialized mural cells located at the abluminal surface of capillary blood vessels, embedded within the basement membrane. Hence,  Quiescent mononucleate myogenic cells of skeletal muscles are not called pericytes.
So, the correct answer is 'i, iii'.

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Which one is incorporated in muscle fibres?

  1. Acetylcholine

  2. Myoglobin

  3. Histone

  4. Cytochrome

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Muscle is a  bundle of fibrous tissue in a body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body. The total number of muscles in the human body comes in the range of 640-850. Muscle fibers are incorporated with an oxygen-carrying protein called myoglobin. Myoglobin receives oxygen from the red blood cells and transports it to the mitochondria of muscle cells, where the oxygen is used in cellular respiration to produce energy. Hence myoglobin is incorporated into muscle fibers. So, the correct answer is 'Myoglobin'.

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Muscles containing large amounts of myoglobin are likely to be found in a

  1. Marathon runner

  2. 100 m sprinter

  3. High jumper

  4. Gymnast

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In the marathon runners, the skeletal muscles are of the type of slow twitch. These type of muscles are known for the prolonged activity and so contain a large amount of myoglobin which carries the oxygen to the muscle fibers. They need slow and continuous supply of oxygen which is provided by the slow twitch muscle fibres. 

Thus, the correct answer is 

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Muscle activity causes

  1. Increase in body temperature

  2. Decrease in BMR

  3. Decrease in venous return

  4. Reduction in blood and lymph flow

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Muscle activity causes an increase in body temperature. During muscle contraction, the stored energy which is ATP breaks down into ADP and Pi to produce energy that is required for muscle activity. This is an exothermic reaction which causes an increase in body temperature. when skeletal muscles contract the myofibrils slide past each other and this friction generates the heat which also causes an increase in body temperature in fewer levels. So, the correct answer is 'Increase in body temperature'.

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The strongest muscle of the body is found in:

  1. Wrist

  2. Thigh

  3. Jaws

  4. Fingers

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The strongest muscle based on its weight is the masseter. With all muscles of the jaw working together it can close the teeth with a force as great as 55 pounds on the incisors on the molars.


So, the correct option is 'Jaws'.

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One myosin filament in the myofibril of skeleton muscle fibres is surrounded by how many actin filaments.

  1. $8$
  2. $2$
  3. $6$
  4. $4$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Sarcomeres contain the contractile proteins myosin and actin, which are the proteins that bind during muscle contraction. Six actin filaments surround each myosin filament, and each actin filament is surrounded by three myosin filaments—an arrangement that gives muscle its striated appearance under magnification.
So, the correct option is '6'.
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A sheath of connective tissue that wraps around several muscle bundles forming a muscle is called 

  1. Sarcolemma

  2. Fascicle

  3. Endomysium

  4. Fascia

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Fascia is the connective tissue sheath that surrounds and bundles together groups of muscle fibers (fascicles) to form a whole muscle. Endomysium wraps individual fibers, and perimysium wraps fascicles.

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Which muscles move the fore limb?

  1. Brachialis

  2. Latis simus dorsi

  3. Dorsal scapularis

  4. Triceps brachii

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The brachialis is a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint.
The Latissimus dorsi is the larger, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm.
The dorsal scapular is the nerve that is the right brachial plexus with its short branches, viewed from in front.
Triceps brachii is that large muscle on the back of the upper limb and is principally responsible for extension of the elbow joint (straightening of the arm).
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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One of the following is a set of antagonistic muscles. Select the wrong set.

  1. Fexor, Relaxor

  2. Abductor, Adductor

  3. Pronator, Supinator

  4. Elevator, Depressor

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The question asks for the WRONG set. Abductor/adductor, pronator/supinator, and elevator/depressor are all valid antagonistic pairs. Flexor and relaxor is not a correct pair - flexor works with extensor, not relaxor. Also, spelling is flexor not fexor.

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Flexation of thigh, knee and their rotation is facilatated by

  1. Biceps muscle

  2. Triceps muscle

  3. Sartorius muscles

  4. Shank

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The sartorius muscle is the longest superficial muscle in the interior compartment of the human body. It is a two joint muscle that moves both hip and knee joint. It forms the lateral boundary of the femoral triangle and covers the abductor canal. It flexes the hip and knees and helps in the lateral rotation and thigh abduction. These all are necessary for the crossed leg position. So, the correct option is C.