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"Marine cone snails from the genus Conus are estimated to consist of up to 700 species. These predatory molluscs have devised an efficient venom apparatus that allows them to successfully capture polychaete worms, other molluscs or, in some cases, fish as their primary food sources. … conotoxins from Australian species of Conus … have the capacity to inhibit specifically the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in higher animals." B. G. Livett, K. R. Gayler, and Z. Khalil. 2004. Drugs from the sea: Conopeptides as potential therapeutics. Current Medicinal Chemistry 11:1715-23.)
-The marathon is a 26.2- mile endurance running race. Successful marathon runners will benefit from having leg muscles with a relatively high amount of
A) slow muscle fibres.
B) cardiac muscle fibres.
C) intermediate muscle fibres.
D) smooth muscle fibres.
E) fast muscle fibres.
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Q18: All skeletal muscle fibres are
A) smooth and
Q19: Motor neurons release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine ACh),
Q20: Which of the following is the correct
Q21: What would be the effect on muscle
Q22: What is an explanation for the pectoral
Q24: What causes rigor mortis?
A) lack of ATP
Q25: A patient is hospitalized with muscle spasms
Q26: When an action potential from a motor
Q27: What is the function of the sarcoplasmic
Q28: What is the effect of the release
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