Match the terms associated with a sarcomere with their definition.

  The action depicted in the illustration above is flexion.  The muscle that is contracting is attached in two places, and as it contracts, the _______moves toward the immovable or less movable bone which is the muscle’s________.  

  When fascicles are short and attach obliquely to a central tendon that runs along the length of the muscle as found with the extensor digitorum longus muscle, this would be an example of a

The region between which two points corresponds to the entire A band?

    The illustration above is an example of a

Match the indicated structures of a myofibril illustrated above with the correct term.

Which of the following are characteristics of the thick myofilament? Select 3 Answers

  When fascicles converge toward a single tendon and form a fan shape as illustrated above with the pectoralis major, this would be an example of a

All the following are important functions of skeletal muscle tissue, except?

The diagram above depicts the contractile unit of muscle.  The sarcomere would be represented between which two points.