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What type of muscle is unique to the heart?

cardiac

involuntary

smooth

skeletal

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Which adaptation helps fast-twitch muscle fibres carry out short bursts of intense activity?

a greater density of mitochondria compared to slow-twitch fibres

an increased concentration of myoglobin over slow-twitch fibres

a large store of phosphocreatine

an extensive network of blood vessels

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List 2 structural adaptations of slow-twitch muscle fibres.

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Which of the following is NOT a key component inside a muscle fibre?

sarcolemma

myofibril

axon

sarcoplasm

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What slides past each other during muscle contraction?

Z-lines

sarcolemma and sarcoplasm

nuclei

actin and myosin filaments

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Where are myosin filaments absent in a sarcomere?

H-zone

A band

I band

M-line

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What does the A band of a sarcomere contain?

both actin and myosin filaments

only myosin filaments

only actin filaments

neither actin nor myosin filaments

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What is the cytoplasm of muscle fibres called?

sarcoplasm

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Which of the following is responsible for storing and releasing calcium ions in a muscle fibre?

sarcolemma

sarcoplasm

myofibrils

sarcoplasmic reticulum

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What structure marks the boundaries of sarcomeres?

A bands

Z-lines

H-zone

M-line

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What section of a sarcomere contains only myosin filaments?

I bands

H-zone

Z-lines

A bands

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Which main filament in sarcomeres is composed of long rod shapes with bulbous heads?

actin filaments

T tubules

Z-lines

myosin filaments

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