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Label the diagram of a muscle sarcomere by matching the terms below to the numbers on the diagram. (This question is worth 2 points)

What happens during the refractory period of muscle contraction? 

What answer best describes slow-twitch oxidative (SO, or Type I) muscle fibers? 

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are a class of drug that prevent the enzyme acetylcholinesterase from breaking down acetylcholine in the neuromuscular junction at the motor end plate. What effect will these drugs have on muscle stimulation? 

Which activity would require control of small motor units? 

What is a “power stroke” when referring to skeletal muscle contraction? 

Select all of the following ligaments associated with the knee joint. 

Select all of the following muscle tissues that are considered involuntary, or not under conscious control. 

Which type of connective tissue is found lining the ends of bones in a synovial cavity? 

Place the following events of cross-bridge cycling associated with the power stroke of muscles in the correct order, beginning with exposure of the active sites on thin filaments.