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Which of the following attach muscle to the bone?

 In this diagram of proteins required for muscle contraction, the green ribbon-shaped protein at the red arrows represents:

The synaptic knob of a motor neuron has direct physical contact with the sarcolemma of a muscle fiber.

In skeletal muscle fibers, the thick filament proteins are called _____ and their function is to

The axon of a motor neuron that controls muscle fibers in the tibialis anterior would extend all the way from the spinal column to the lower leg.

 During the repolarization phase shown on this graph of an action potential along the sarcolemma, ______ ions are flowing rapidly out of the cell and causing the voltage to decrease.

Unlike skeletal muscle fibers, smooth muscle cells are not controlled by the nervous system.

When you cut a whole skeletal muscle open with a scalpel, what does the scalpel cut first?

Consider the following instruction: Instruction: and rd, rs1, rs2 Interpretation: Reg[rd] = Reg[rs1] AND Reg[rs2]   Which resources (blocks) produce outputs, but their outputs are not used for the instruction? Which resources produce no outputs for this instruction?

Select all of the following that are true about a triathlete who runs and bikes long distances (3 of these are true):