Chapter 32, Problem 1CT

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The ways in which creatine supplements are beneficial to people with muscular dystrophy.

Introduction:

A mature skeletal muscle consists of thousands of muscle fibers which are known as myofibrils. These are threadlike proteins which are arranged in the identical contractile units, called sarcomere. The thick filament of the sarcomere has a motor protein which is called myosin, and the thin filament has actin as a motor protein.