SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY

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Muscles

Ved Brooke Caruso

Energy Systems and Muscle Fibres

Ved lance basalyga

Central topic

Ved Anthony Viera

Sample Mind Map

Ved Erick Huaman

SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY

PROCESS OF SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY

muscle contraction stops

Ca2+ removed which shifts actin filaments to original position, blocking binding sites

muscle contracts

Ca2+ binds to troponin, shifting the actin filaments, which exposes binding files

Ca2+ released

action potential generated, which stimulates muscle

FILAMENT

THIN

actin

tropomyosin

troponin

THICK

myosin