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Transverse tubules (T-Tubules)
Transverse Tubules
The transverse tubules in muscle cells help transmit electrical impulses deep into the cell, allowing for coordinated muscle contractions.
Transverse tubules in muscle cells help transmit electrical impulses deep into the cell, allowing for coordinated muscle contractions.
T-Tubules, I think...
transverse or T tubules
Transverse tubules are extensions of the cell membrane that help to transmit action potentials deep into the muscle fibers. They allow for the rapid and synchronized release of calcium ions from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to trigger muscle contraction.
Irregular transverse thickenings of the sarcolemma connect cardiac muscle fibers to neighboring muscle fibers. The gap junctions that occur with irregular transverse thickening of the sarcolemma allow the myocardium to contract as a single unit.
What is the function of the transverse tubules, is it the place where actin and myosin interact or the storage of calcium ions, or to transmit muscle impulses into the cell interior?
transverse tubules
The T-tubules, or transverse tubules, connect the sarcolemma (muscle cell membrane) to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (membrane network within muscle cells). T-tubules allow for the rapid transmission of action potentials generated at the sarcolemma to the interior of the muscle cell, triggering the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to initiate muscle contraction.