Sarcomere - Muscle Contraction

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Muscle Contraction
Skeletal muscle, also called striated muscle tissue, is made up of a series of sarcomeres
A sarcomere consists of myosin and actin filaments which overlap upon contraction
Myosin bonds with actin to ratchet the tropomyosin down the length of the myosin.
Sarcomere
Actin filament
Troponin
Tropomyosin
Myosin
filament
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