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What are the two muscle movement?
Pulling and contracting is how a muscle moves the bones ....
What muscle action does pulling represent?
It represents contracting or shortening of a muscle.
What is the contraction phase?
The contraction phase refers to the stage of a muscle action where the muscle fibers shorten and generate force. This is when the muscle is actively contracting and pulling on the tendons to create movement.
What myofilament does the pulling?
The myosin myofilament pulls on the actin myofilament during muscle contraction. This interaction, known as the sliding filament theory, results in the shortening of the sarcomere and muscle contraction.
What kind of connective tissue acts as a sponge from pulling away from bones during contraction?
Muscle
Which myofilaments actually do the pulling during the sliding filament model of muscle contraction?
thick filaments
What filament is responsible for the pulling and what filament is pulled in the sliding filament theory?
In the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction, the thin filament (actin) slides over the thick filament (myosin). Myosin is responsible for pulling the actin filaments towards the center of the sarcomere during muscle contraction.
Constant contraction of a muscle is?
constant contraction of a muscle is called the muscle tone
How do cross bridge power stroke bring about shortening of muscle contraction in human?
During muscle contraction, the cross-bridge power stroke occurs when myosin heads bind to actin filaments and then pivot or "power stroke," pulling the actin filaments towards the center of the sarcomere. This action causes the muscle fibers to shorten, resulting in overall muscle contraction.
What is muscle contraction without muscle shortening is what kind of contraction?
Isometric contraction. This type of contraction occurs when the muscle generates tension without changing its length, such as when holding a weight in a fixed position.
Describe the events of muscle cell contraction?
6 steps in a muscle contraction
What does the contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle usually result in?
type of contraction of gastrocnemius muscle?
