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The myofilaments are actin and myosin.

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Does the arrangement of myofilaments produces the striation of a skeletal muscle cell?

Yes.


What are the muscle structures from largest to smallest?

The organization of a skeletal muscle from smallest to largest is as follows: myofilaments > myofibrils > muscle fiber > fascicle > muscle


What does muscles contain?

Muscle fibres contain two myofilaments called actin and myosin


What produces the striations of a skeletal muscle cell?

Skeletal muscle is one of the three types of muscle and it is a structure of a striated muscle tissue. The muscle is made up of myocytes or muscle fibers.


What is the correct sequencing of the microstructure of skeletal muscle?

muscle fiber, myofibril, myofilaments, sarcomere


What is microscopic threadlike structures found in skeletal muscle fibers?

myofilaments


What are the thin fibers responsible for muscle contraction?

The thin myofilaments are actin. They slide between the thick filaments called myosin.


Striations of skeletal muscle are produced by?

Skeletal Muscle (as well as Cardiac Muscle) have striations do to their sarcomere's anatomy. The sarcomere is the functional unit of the muscle and appears striated because the different thick and thin filaments present.


What step is this in the contraction of a muscle cell As calcium is actively reabsorbed into the sarcoplasmic reticulum its concentration at the myofilaments decreases?

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What is a muscle cell called?

The scientific name for a muscle cell is a myocyte. Myocytes are also sometimes called muscle fibers. They are long, tube shaped, cells that develop from myoblasts.


The myofilaments used during muscle contraction will return to their resting state when the relax?

actin


What are all muscle cells called?

A single muscle cell is called a muscle fiber.