Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE Regarding the Production

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the production of ATP in skeletal muscle fibers?

• A) Short burst activities (such as sprints) rely mainly on anaerobic production of ATP.
• B) Creatine phosphate can be broken down to provide enough ATP to fuel activities such as marathon running.
• C) Glucose is broken down during glycolysis in order to produce ATP aerobically.
• D) Skeletal muscle is unable to produce ATP anaerobically.
• E) Vast amounts of myoglobin is stored in fast glycolytic fibers in order to produce ATP aerobically.

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Definitions:

Turgor

Pressure that a fluid exerts against a structure that contains it.

Hypertonic

A solution having a higher concentration of solutes compared to another solution, resulting in the movement of water out of a cell if placed in such a solution.

Hypotonic

Describes a fluid that has a low overall solute concentration relative to another fluid.

First Law of Thermodynamics

A principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed or transferred, in a closed system.