Pex 02 02

Name: Muhammad Febriano Sugiarso
Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 2: The Effect of Stimulus Voltage on Skeletal Muscle Contraction Lab
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Pre-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.
1. Skeletal muscle fibers are innervated (stimulated) by

You correctly answered: c. motor neurons.
2. A single action potential propagating down a motor axon results in

You correctly answered: d. a single action potential and a single contractile event in the muscle fibers it innervates.
3. In resting skeletal muscle, calcium is stored in

You correctly answered: c. the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
4. During the latent period for an isometric contraction

You correctly answered: c. the cellular events involved in excitation-contraction coupling occur.
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: As the stimulus voltage is increased from 1.0 volt up to 10 volts, what will happen to the amount of active
force generated with each stimulus?
Your answer : a. The active force will continually increase.
Stop & Think Questions:

What do you see in the active force display when the stimulus voltage is set to 0.0, and why does this observation make
sense?
You correctly answered: a. 0.00 g; there was no activation of skeletal muscle fibers by this stimulus.
What is the lowest stimulus voltage that induces active force in the skeletal muscle?
You correctly answered: b. threshold voltage
6. Enter the threshold voltage for this experiment in the field below and then click Submit Data to record your answer in the
lab report
You answered: 0.8 volts
12. Enter the maximal voltage for this experiment in the field below and then click Submit Data to record your answer in the
lab report.
You answered: 10.0 volts
Experiment Data:
Voltage Length Active Force Passive Force Total Force

0.0 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 75 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.8 75 0.02 0.0 0.02
1.0 75 0.15 0.0 0.15
1.5 75 0.43 0.0 0.43
2.0 75 0.66 0.0 0.66
2.5 75 0.87 0.0 0.87
3.0 75 1.04 0.0 1.04
3.5 75 1.19 0.0 1.19
4.0 75 1.32 0.0 1.32
4.5 75 1.42 0.0 1.42
5.0 75 1.51 0.0 1.51
5.5 75 1.59 0.0 1.59
6.0 75 1.65 0.0 1.65
6.5 75 1.70 0.0 1.70
7.0 75 1.74 0.0 1.74
7.5 75 1.78 0.0 1.78
8.0 75 1.81 0.0 1.81
8.5 75 1.82 0.0 1.82
9.0 75 1.82 0.0 1.82
9.5 75 1.82 0.0 1.82
10.0 75 1.82 0.0 1.82
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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 6 out of 6 questions correctly.
1. Motor unit recruitment refers to

You correctly answered: a. an increase in the number of active muscle fibers to increase the force developed in a muscle.
2. Active tension (or force) in a skeletal muscle fiber results from

You correctly answered: a. activation of cross bridge cycling via increased intracellular calcium levels.
3. The ________ is the minimal stimulus needed to cause a depolarization of the muscle plasma membrane (sarcolemma).
You correctly answered: d. threshold voltage
4. By definition, the ________ is the amount of stimulus required to successfully recruit all the muscle fibers into
developing active force.
You correctly answered: c. maximal voltage
5. Why was a maximal voltage observed in this experiment?

You correctly answered: b. At the maximal voltage, all the muscle fibers contained in this muscle are depolarized and they
all develop active force (that is, they were all successfully recruited).
6. A sufficiently strong electrical stimulus applied to an isolated, mounted skeletal muscle induces the development of
muscle force, or muscle tension. Which of the following statements concerning this observation is true?
You correctly answered: c. The electrical stimulus mimics acetylcholine release at a neuromuscular junction
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Review Sheet Results
1. Describe the effect of increasing stimulus voltage on isolated skeletal muscle. Specifically, what happened to the muscle
force generated with stronger electrical stimulations and why did this change occur? How well did the results compare with
your prediction?
Your answer:
It is same as my predictiom. When the stimulus voltage is increased, the muscle is producing more force until the maximum
stimulus voltage reached.
2. How is this change in whole-muscle force achieved in vivo?

Your answer:
The change in whole-muscle force achieved in vivo because there is an additional motors. additional motors can increase
the total force.
3. What happened in the isolated skeletal muscle when the maximal voltage was applied?
Your answer:
the muscle fiber in isolated skeletal muscle will depolarized. It will created active force and maximal voltage will applied.
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Name: Muhammad Febriano Sugiarso

Pre-lab Quiz Results

1. Skeletal muscle fibers are innervated (stimulated) by

2. A single action potential propagating down a motor axon results in

3. In resting skeletal muscle, calcium is stored in

4. During the latent period for an isometric contraction

Stop & Think Questions:

Voltage Length Active Force Passive Force Total Force

1. Motor unit recruitment refers to

2. Active tension (or force) in a skeletal muscle fiber results from

You correctly answered: d. threshold voltage

5. Why was a maximal voltage observed in this experiment?

2. How is this change in whole-muscle force achieved in vivo?

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