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Name: Thomas Iglesias

Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 1: The Muscle Twitch and the Latent Period Lab Report
Pre-lab Quiz Results
You scored 80% by answering 4 out of 5 questions correctly.
1. Skeletal muscles are connected to bones by
You correctly answered: b. tendons.
2. Skeletal muscles are composed of hundreds to thousands of individual cells called
Your answer : b. myofibrils.
Correct answer: c. fibers.
3. The term motor unit refers to
You correctly answered: c. one motor neuron and all of the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates.
4. The motor neuron and muscle fiber intersect at what is called
You correctly answered: d. the neuromuscular junction.
5. A twitch is
You correctly answered: a. one contractile response to a single action potential.

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: Will changes to the stimulus voltage alter the duration of the latent period?
Your answer : a. Yes, changing the stimulus voltage will change the latent period duration proportionately.
Stop & Think Questions:
What is the period of time that elapses between the generation of an action potential and the start of muscle tension
development in a muscle fiber?
You correctly answered: c. the latent period
What occurs during the latent period of these isometric contractions?
You correctly answered: b. All the steps of excitation-contraction coupling occur.
Experiment Data:
Voltage
0.0
3.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

Length
75
75
75
75
75
75

Active Force
0.0
1.04
1.32
1.65
1.81
1.82

Passive Force
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

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Total Force
0.0
1.04
1.32
1.65
1.81
1.82

Latent Period
------2.80
2.40
2.00
2.00

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Post-lab Quiz Results


You scored 100% by answering 6 out of 6 questions correctly.
1. An action potential in a motor neuron triggers the release of which neurotransmitter?
You correctly answered: b. acetylcholine
2. The term skeletal muscle fiber refers to
You correctly answered: a. an individual skeletal muscle cell.
3. The graded depolarization in the skeletal muscle fiber that is elicited in response to one action potential from the motor
neuron is called
You correctly answered: c. an EPP (end-plate potential).
4. Which of the following is not a phase of a skeletal muscle twitch?
You correctly answered: b. hyperpolarization phase
5. A skeletal muscle twitch is
You correctly answered: a. one contractile response to a single action potential.
6. Which of the following correctly matches the twitch phase with its definition?
You correctly answered: d. the contraction phase: the time between the end of the latent period and peak muscle tension

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Review Sheet Results


1. Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber, motor unit, skeletal muscle twitch, electrical stimulus, and latent period.
Your answer:
Skeletal muscle fibers - usually attached to the skeleton and they make voluntary actions like walking, talking and standing
up possible for us to do
A motor unit - consists of a motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers that it innervates
Skeletal Muscle twitch - the mechanical response to a single action potential and it has three phases. The latent,
contraction, and relaxation phase
Electrical stimulus - used to control muscle contractions in the human body
Latent Period - the period of time that elapses between the generation of an action potential in a muscle cell and the start of
muscle contraction
2. What is the role of acetylcholine in a skeletal muscle contraction?
Your answer:
Acetylcholine diffuses onto the muscle fiber's plasma membrane and binds to receptors in the motor end plate initiating a
change in ion permeability that results in a graded depolarization of the muscle plasma membrane
3. Describe the process of excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle fibers.
Your answer:
The events that occur at the neuromuscular junction lead to the end plate potential, and the end plate potential triggers a
series of events that results in the contraction of a muscle cell. This process is called the excitation contraction coupling
4. Describe the three phases of a skeletal muscle twitch.
Your answer:
The latent phase is the period of time that elapses between the generation of an action potential in a muscle cell and the
start of muscle contraction
The Concentration phase starts at the end of the latent period and ends when the muscle tension peaks
The relaxation phase is the period from peak tension until the end of the muscle contraction
5. Does the duration of the latent period change with different stimulus voltages? How well did the results compare with
your prediction?
Your answer:
In the experiment the latent period was the same, and I was incorrect in my prediction
6. At the threshold stimulus, do sodium ions start to move into or out of the cell to bring about the membrane
depolarization?
Your answer:
During the threshold stimulus, the sodium ions move into the cell

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