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_______ is an inclusion within a muscle fiber that allows for the storage of large quantities of oxygen.    

List 3 characteristics of fast glycolytic muscle fibers (other than the fact that they contract fast):

During the first 15 seconds of activity, ATP can be produced rapidly from _________.

Joe has just ingested a chemical that binds irreversibly to the ACh receptors in the sarcolemma.  By itself it does not alter membrane potential, but it prevents normal neurotransmitter binding.  For skeletal muscle, the consequence of ingesting this chemical would be _______.

In a(n) [contraction1] contraction, the muscle changes length and moves a load.  When the muscle shortens as it moves the load, the contraction is called a(n) [contraction2] contraction.

List 3 characteristics of slow oxidative muscle fibers (other than the fact that they contract slowly):

Which of the following athletic activities best represents the use of fast glycolytic fibers?

For the provided dot plot, which quadrant is positive for:  Annexin V-FITC only: _____________ [answer1] Annexin V-FITC and PI: _______________ [answer2] Unstained cells: _______________ [answer3]

Based on the following FSC vs SSC plot, which cell type is displaying the highest internal complexity: __________________ [celltype1]  and which cell type is displaying a bigger particle size: _________________ [celltype2]

You have labeled your cells for two markers CD45 (conjugated to APC chromophore) and CD8 (conjugated to Pacific Blue chromophore). After staining your controls and sample, you analyze them via flow cytometry and obtain the following results. Which pair of histograms belongs to which sample (C1: unstained control, C2: CD45-only stained cells, C3: CD8-only stained cells and S1: CD45 + CD8 stained cells).                                                   #1 [answer1] ____________________________________________________________________                                                  #2 [answer2] ____________________________________________________________________                                                  #3 [answer3] ______________________________________________________________________                                                  #4 [answer4] ___________________________________________________________________