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What are the names of protein filaments in a muscle fiber?
Actin Filaments
What protein makes up the thick filaments of myofibrils?
Myosin makes up the THICK filaments, and actin makes up the thin filaments of myofibrils.
The thick filaments of muscle fibers are composed of what?
Myosin
What are actin and myosin and are they organized iin a muscle?
Thick filaments are made of the protein myosin and thin filaments are made of the protein actin. Myosin and actin filaments are arranged to form and overlapping pattern which gives muscle tissue its striated appearance.
Thick protein filaments within the A-bands?
Myosin. The A band has thick (myosin) and thin (actin) filaments.
What are two myofilaments that slide past one another to allow muscle cells to contract?
Actin and Myosin
Do myosin filaments outnumber actin filaments in skeletal muscles?
No. 2 to active
Repeating units of actin and myosin filaments are called?
Repeating units of actin and myosin filaments are called sarcomeres. These are designed to control the contraction of muscles in the human body.
What are the two types of myofilaments?
The two filaments involved are myosin and actin. Actin: is the framework and slides over the myosin filament when the muscle is shortened. myosin: is a thick filament Also a sacromere: is made up of the actin and myosin. It is the functional unit of a muscle fibre and extends from z line to z line. A muscle contraction: is many sacromeres shortening ( actin sliding over myosin)
The two filaments that form cross-bridges are?
actin and myosin
What do sarcomere contain?
Sarcomeres are composed of actin (thin filaments) and myosin (thick filaments).
What are thick myofilaments of muscles called?
Actin. Myosin are the thin ones.... it's actually the reverseThe thin filaments are composed primarily by the protein Actin.The thick filaments are composed primarily of the protein Myosin.
