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thin filaments slide between the thick filaments
Answer #2: Because the action potential reaches the end of the nerve, causing contraction.
myofilaments increase the amount that they overlap
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What is a concentric contraction?
concentric contraction is atype of muscle contraction which the muscle shortens while genrating aforce The muscle shortens to produce movement. A muscle contraction in which shortening occurs.
What muscle contraction occurs in the biceps brachii during the upward phase of the bicep curl?
a concentric contraction- a concentric contraction involves the muscle length, shortening during a contraction! YA-trick-YA!
What is a sustained muscle contraction?
Occurs when acetylcholine (ACh) accumulates in the neuromuscular junction. It is called a tetanic contraction.
When a muscle contraction occurs?
your muscles moves, moving ligaments and tendons
Uncontrolled muscle contractions the same as skeletal muscle contractions?
Uhh, no uncontrolled muscle contraction occurs in smooth and cardiac muscles... there are many differences between these two types of muscles; controlled and uncontrolled muscle contraction.....
What type of muscle contraction occurs when force is exerted against an immovable object?
isometric
The contraction of a muscle exerts a pull on a bone because?
The contraction of a muscle exerts a pull on a bone because muscles are attached to bones by tendons.
Why is the endothelium smooth?
Because it is an involuntaru muscle contraction
What type of contraction in which the muscle fibers do not shorten are called?
If the muscle can not shorten because the muscle is trying to move a load that is greater than the force, then the contraction is isometric.
What is muscle contraction without muscle shortening is what kind of contraction?
Isometric contraction
What kind of muscle contraction occurs in the rectums femoris during the lowering phase of a wall squat?
isometric
Constant contraction of a muscle is?
constant contraction of a muscle is called the muscle tone
