Cardiovascular System Quiz
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What are the characteristics of the heart that it shares with skeletal muscle?

  • Branching fibers with similar actin and myosin arrangement (correct)
  • Cells connected by gap junctions and desmosomes
  • Separated into upper and lower chambers
  • Striated appearance and similar contraction mechanism
  • What is the role of calcium in skeletal muscle excitation/contraction coupling and contraction?

  • Repolarizes the muscle cell after contraction
  • Causes depolarization of the muscle cell
  • Prevents the refractory period
  • Activates the myosin-actin interaction (correct)
  • What separates the upper chambers of the heart?

  • Interventricular septum
  • Interatrial septum (correct)
  • Atrioventricular septum
  • Pulmonary septum
  • What is the daily pumping capacity of each side of the heart?

    <p>300 gallons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What connects the cells of the heart muscle at the intercalated disks?

    <p>Gap junctions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of intercalated disks in the heart?

    <p>To connect cardiac muscle cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main similarity between the contraction mechanism of the heart and skeletal muscle?

    <p>Both have similar actin and myosin arrangement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What separates the upper chambers of the heart?

    <p>Interatrial septum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the daily pumping capacity of each side of the heart?

    <p>About 3000 gallons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the characteristics of the heart that it shares with single-unit smooth muscle?

    <p>Cells connected by gap junctions and desmosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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