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Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 6: The Skeletal Muscle Length-Tension Relationship Lab Report
Pre-lab Quiz Results
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1. During an isometric contraction
Correct answer: d. the skeletal muscle is generating force, but it remains at a fixed length.
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2. The force that results from muscles being stretched is
Correct answer: a. passive force.
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3. Active force
Correct answer: b. is determined by the amount of myosin bound to actin.
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4. When you generate the isometric length-tension curve, which of the following forces will not be indicated on your
screen?
Correct answer: c. tetanic force
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5. Passive force in skeletal muscle is largely caused by
Correct answer: c. the protein titin.
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: As the resting length of the muscle is changed, what will happen to the amount of total force the muscle
generates during the stimulated twitch?
Your answer : d. An increase in muscle length will decrease the total force.
Stop & Think Questions:
Note the dip in total force at a muscle length of
90 mm as compared to the total force at a muscle length of 80 and 100 mm. Why does this occur?
You correctly answered: d. At this muscle length, active force has decreased in value and passive force has not yet
increased to a significant value.
Experiment Data:
Voltage
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.5
Length
75
70
65
60
55
50
80
90
100
Active Force
1.82
1.75
1.55
1.21
0.73
0.11
1.75
1.21
0.11
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Passive Force
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.02
0.25
1.75
Total Force
1.82
1.75
1.55
1.21
0.73
0.11
1.77
1.46
1.86
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