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Muscle contraction
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- Summary
- This animation presents the molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction.
- Learning objectives
- To understand the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle contraction.
- To understand muscle contraction at the levels of both the sarcomere and the entire muscle.
- To clarify the principal stages of muscle contraction.
- To clarify the roles of myofilaments of actin and myosin.
- To understand the role of ATP in muscle contraction.
- To understand how changes in the conformation of myosin permits the sliding of myofilaments.
- How to use the animation
- Use the controls at upper right to proceed through this animation.
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- Keywords
- muscle, contraction, sarcomere, actin, myosin, ATP, muscle-fiber, myofilament
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