Question

If a drug caused a sudden release of large amounts of calcium in skeletal muscle, from which structure would the calcium come?

Answer 1

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer will be option-sarcoplasmic reticulum.

Explanation:

The sarcoplasmic reticulum is the membrane bound endoplasmic reticulum of the muscle cell which stores a large amount of Ca⁺² ions.

The reticulum contains Calsequestrin- a calcium binding protein which binds around 50 Ca⁺² ions to itself and helps store more calcium. These calcium ions are released when the signals through T-tubules are carried to the reticulum which leads to the opening of the calcium channels.

Thus, sarcoplasmic reticulum is the correct answer.