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The document summarizes the results of an experiment on skeletal muscle fatigue. It includes the student's pre-lab quiz results, their predictions, experiment data collected, and post-lab quiz results. The key findings are: (1) skeletal muscle force and tension decreases over time with repetitive stimulation due to fatigue; (2) providing brief rest periods delays the onset of fatigue by allowing intracellular concentrations of ADP, Pi and calcium to decrease; (3) the student's prediction that longer rest periods would prolong sustained muscle tension was confirmed by the experiment results.

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PhysioEx Muscle

The document summarizes the results of an experiment on skeletal muscle fatigue. It includes the student's pre-lab quiz results, their predictions, experiment data collected, and post-lab quiz results. The key findings are: (1) skeletal muscle force and tension decreases over time with repetitive stimulation due to fatigue; (2) providing brief rest periods delays the onset of fatigue by allowing intracellular concentrations of ADP, Pi and calcium to decrease; (3) the student's prediction that longer rest periods would prolong sustained muscle tension was confirmed by the experiment results.

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Name: Nuzla Emira Ramadhany-Gamma2019

Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 5: Fatigue in Isolated Skeletal Muscle Lab Report

Pre-lab Quiz Results


You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1. When skeletal muscle twitches fuse so that the peaks and valleys of each twitch become indistinguishable from each
other, the muscle is in a state known as
You correctly answered: d. complete (fused) tetanus.

2. When the stimulus frequency reaches a value beyond which no further increase of skeletal muscle force can occur, the
muscle has reached its
You correctly answered: c. maximal tetanic tension.

3. A decline in a muscle's ability to maintain a constant level of force, or tension, after prolonged, repetitive stimulation is
called
You correctly answered: c. fatigue.

4. Which of the following is not thought to be a contributing factor to the development of fatigue?
You correctly answered: a. buildup of Ca2+ in the muscle fibers

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: If the stimulator is briefly turned off for defined periods of time, what will happen to the length of time that
the muscle is able to sustain maximal developed tension when the stimulator is turned on again?
Your answer : b. The length of the rest period will proportionately increase the length of time for sustained muscle tension.

Stop & Think Questions:


Why does the stimulated muscle force begin to decrease over time despite the maintained stimuli? (Note that a decrease in
maximal force indicates muscle fatigue is developing.)
You correctly answered: d. More than one of these answers could be correct.

Why did the length of the intervening rest period affect the length of time the skeletal muscle can maintain maximum tension
once the stimulator is turned on again?
You correctly answered: c. Intracellular concentrations of ADP and Pi declined during the rest period.

Experiment Data:

Voltage Stimuli/sec Rest Period (sec) Active Force (g) Sustained Maximal Force
(sec)
8.5 120 0 5.86 10
8.5 120 0 5.86 10
8.5 120 10 5.86 1.00
8.5 120 22 5.86 5.80

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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 5 out of 5 questions correctly.

1. During cross bridge cycling in skeletal muscle, force is created by the


You correctly answered: c. power stroke of the myosin heads.

2. The term tetanus refers to


You correctly answered: b. sustained muscle tension due to repetitive stimuli.

3. A decline in a muscle's ability to maintain a constant level of force, or tension, after prolonged, repetitive stimulation is
called
You correctly answered: c. fatigue.

4. During fatigue
You correctly answered: c. the number of active cross bridges begins to decline although the rate of stimulus delivery
(frequency) remains constant.

5. If an intervening rest period is imposed on active skeletal muscle


You correctly answered: c. the development of fatigue will be delayed.

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Review Sheet Results
1. When a skeletal muscle fatigues, what happens to the contractile force over time?
Your answer:
Ketika otot rangka kelelahan, kekuatan kontraktil menurun karena aktivitas kontraktil sebelumnya. Setelah otot mencapai
tekanan tetanik maksimum, tidak ada lagi kekuatan yang dihasilkan oleh otot. Pada tahap ini, otot menjadi lelah dan
kekuatan kontraktil mulai berkurang dari waktu ke waktu.

2. What are some proposed causes of skeletal muscle fatigue?


Your answer:
Penumpukan asam laktat, ADP, dan P dalam serat otot. Salah satu alasan lain bersal dari kada kalsium yang menurun dari
kontraksi otot.

3. Turning the stimulator off allows a small measure of muscle recovery. Thus, the muscle will produce more force for a
longer time period if the stimulator is briefly turned off than if the stimuli were allowed to continue without interruption.
Explain why this might occur. How well did the results compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
Saat mematikan stimulator, periode istirahat dibuat, sehingga memungkinkan konsentrasi konsentrasi asam laktat, ADP,
dan Pi antar sel menurun. Dengan konsentrasi ini berada pada level yang menurun, lamanya waktu otot mampu
mempertahankan ketegangan maksimum meningkat. Jika stimulator tidak dimatikan untuk waktu yang singkat, otot tidak
akan diizinkan mencapai periode istirahat dan kelelahan lebih lanjut akan berlanjut.

4. List a few ways that humans could delay the onset of fatigue when they are vigorously using their skeletal muscles.
Your answer:
Melakukan beberapa set latihan, istirahat, diet sehat, olahraga yang teratur, makan 4 sehat 5 sempurna

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