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True or false: I will remember to use a non-phone calculator for the midterm. If I forget to bring one, I acknowledge that I may be at a relative disadvantage when answering some midterm questions.

According to Figure 5.23 in Herman Ch.5, what is the relationship between sarcomere length and the amount of tension a muscle can produce?

Review Figure 4.11 in Knudson Ch.4 (p. 16). According to this figure (and corresponding text), what causes passive tension to increase in skeletal muscle?

As the muscle lengthens beyond its resting length, passive tension increases. This decrease in the ability of the muscle tissue to generate active tension is due to the muscle being [musclestate].

Which of the following muscles in the human body exhibit a pinnate fiber arrangement? (Select all that apply to get full credit.)

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The elastic modulus (for compression) for a section of compact bone in the femur is 12 GPa. If this bone is subjected a compression stress of 60 MPa, what strain results from this compression?

A biomaterial is subjected to a tensile load of 80,000 N. Its cross-sectional area is 1 cm2. The elastic modulus for this biomaterial is 70 GPa. What strain results from this tensile load? (1 GPa = 109 Pa).