Short-answer: Write the words or phrases or sentences that correctly answers the question. Briefly explain why skeletal muscle cells contain high amounts of creatine. Your answer should address the function of this molecule in muscle cells.

EXTRA CREDIT (2 points) List one similarity and one difference between the items listed below. If a term appears in parentheses after the pair, both your answers must be related to that term (e.g. if the term says “structure” your answer must relate to anatomy). Categorizations (e.g. “both are bones”) and locations are not acceptable as answers. Your answer must address something specific to the items you are comparing. Vague answers (e.g. “contains cells”) will receive less or no credit.  Parallel muscle & circular muscle

Short-answer: Write the words or phrases or sentences that correctly answers the question.  Compare the role of calcium in skeletal and smooth muscle contractions. Include the structures calcium binds to, each step of the contraction, and relevant structures involved in the contraction.

Fill in the blanks in the table, identifying prime movers, antagonists, and muscle actions. Prime mover and antagonist must be relevant to the action identified in the first column. Muscle action Prime mover (agonist) Antagonist foot dorsiflexion [agonist1] [antagonist1] [movement2] quadriceps femoris [antagonist2] [movement3] [agonist3] adductor group of the thigh

Short-answer: Write the words or phrases or sentences that correctly answers the question. What are the relative concentrations of sodium ions and potassium ions inside and outside of typical human cells? Which is higher outside the cell, and which is higher inside the cell?

EXTRA CREDIT (2 points) List one similarity and one difference between the items listed below. Categorizations (e.g. “both are bones”) and locations (e.g. “found in the brain”) are not acceptable as answers. Your answer must address something specific to the items you are comparing. Vague answers (e.g. “contains cells”) will receive less or no credit. Action potential & post-synaptic potential

Is the statement below True or False? A gustatory cell can be classified as a proprioceptor, a chemoreceptor, and a special sensory receptor.

Which of the cranial meninges consists of dense irregular connective tissue in two layers (the periosteal layer and the meningeal layer)?  

Cerebral Association areas…

Compare the values below. Which is greater, or are the two values equal? A. Density of voltage-gated channels in the dendrites of a typical neuron B. Density of chemically-gated channels in the dendrites of a typical neuron