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Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
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How do actin and myosin interact in a sarcomere to bring about muscle contraction? What roles do ATP and calcium play?
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- What is a motor unit? Why does a rapid series of muscle twitches yield a stronger overall contraction than a single twitch?arrow_forwardWhat is the role of ATP and ATP hydrolysis in the cycle of actin-myosin association and disassociation that leads to muscle contraction?arrow_forwardWhat are three functions of ATP in muscle contraction?arrow_forward
- In the process of muscle contraction, which of the following steps immediately precedes the influx of sodium into a myofiber at the neuromuscular junction? release of calcium from the terminal cisternae sliding of tropomyosin causing exposure of actin propagation of an action potential down the t-tubules binding of myosin head to actin's active site binding of acetylcholine to its receptorarrow_forwardWhat is the difference between a muscle organ, a muscle fiber, a myofibril, and a myofilament?arrow_forwardSkeletal muscle cells undergo contractions based on a molecular mechanism involving: 1)the sliding of actin and myosin filaments past each other without any change in filament length 2) the shortening of actin filaments following direct interaction with myosin 3) dynamic instability of microtubules 4)nonearrow_forward
- What are the events that occur during contraction of a muscle fiber? Binding of ACh to ACh receptors Influx of sodium Excitation of the muscle fiber Formation of cross-bridges ADP release from myosin head Power stroke ATP binding to myosin head Thin filament sliding laterallyarrow_forwardIn the process of muscle contraction, which of the following steps immediately precedes the sliding of tropomyosin causing exposure of actin? binding of acetylcholine to its receptor binding of calcium to troponin exocytosis of acetylcholine at NMJ binding of myosin head to actin's active site binding of ATP to the myosin headarrow_forwardIn the process of muscle contraction, which of the following steps immediately comes after the propagation of an action potential down the t-tubules of a myofiber? sliding of tropomyosin causing exposure of actin binding of myosin head to actin's active site release of calcium from the terminal cisternae binding of acetylcholine to its receptor influx of sodium at the sarcolemmaarrow_forward
- In the sliding filament theory of contraction, what prevents the filaments from sliding back to their original positions each time a myosin head releases to bind to next actin binding site?arrow_forwardDo all three types of muscle: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac use cross bridges for movement of muscles? What about tropinoin and tropomysin? Is it only skeletal and cardiac that utilize these specific myosin and actin components?arrow_forwardIn the process of muscle contraction, which of the following steps requires hydrolysis of ATP to complete? movement of myosin head, pulling the thin filament binding of myosin head to active site on actin resetting of the myosin head back to its ready position letting go of myosin head from the active site on actin sliding of tropomyosin causing exposure of actinarrow_forward
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