Relative length and positions of two sarcomeres muscle diagram
Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 15 November 2016 Size: 58 KB Referencing Hub media

This diagram show the relative length and positions of two sarcomeres of relaxed muscle (top), partially contracted muscle (centre) and fully contracted muscle (bottom diagram).

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    Muscle contraction

    Current understanding of how muscles contract is based on the sliding filament model. This model applies to skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle. Very simply, during muscle contraction, a change ...

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