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- Note that the actin and myosin filaments themselves do not change length, but instead slide past each other.en.wikipedia.org
- During muscle contraction, the heads of the myosin filaments attach to oppositely oriented thin filaments, actin, and pull them past one another.en.wikipedia.org
- The myofibrils are composed of actin and myosin filaments repeated in units called a sarcomere, the basic functional unit of the muscle fiber.en.wikipedia.org
- Muscle contraction results from an attachmentdetachment cycle between the myosin heads extending from myosin filaments and the sites on actin filaments.en.wikipedia.org
- Larger structures along the myosin filament called myosin heads are used to provide attachment points on binding sites for the actin filaments.en.wikipedia.org
- When a muscle contracts, the actin is pulled along myosin toward the center of the sarcomere until the actin and myosin filaments are completely overlapped.en.wikipedia.org
- As a result of the high calcium concentration, actin and myosin filaments will bind stronger, unable to relax properly to make a new contraction possible.en.wikipedia.org
- The overall process is initiated by an external signal, typically through an action potential stimulating the muscle, which contains specialized cells whose interiors are rich in actin and myosin filaments.en.wikipedia.org
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