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Muscle Contraction
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Muscle Contraction Videos
Skeletal muscle structure Muscle Contraction Process: Molecular Mechanism Beef Muscle Contraction and Relaxation (MUTE) QLEv1ZAp80Ru90Tz8ob8jYyvbO&index=16
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Nerve signals stimulate muscle contractions
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Muscle Cell Broken Down
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Contractile Unit: Sarcomere
Thin Actin Thick Myosin
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Muscle Proteins: Troponin and Tropomyosin
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Myosin binding to Actin
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Contractile Unit: Sarcomere
Thin Actin Relaxed Muscle Thick Myosin Contracted Muscle
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Basic steps to a muscle Contraction:
Step 1: Nerves stimulate the muscles Step 2: Calcium is released Step 3: Calcium binds to troponin Step 4: Tropomyosin moves out of the way Step 5: Myosin binds to actin Step 6: Myosin pulls actin closer causing a muscle contraction Step 7: Calcium is removed Step 8: Myosin detaches from Actin Step 9: Muscle relaxes
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