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Sliding Filament Theory (6 Steps)
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Sliding Filament Theory (6 Steps)
Brooklynn White
10 September 2022
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The sarcoplasmic reticulum stimulated to release calcium ions
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Calcium ions bind to troponin - causes troponin to drag tropomyosin off cross bridge binding sites -cross bridges bind to actin
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Cross bridges (on myosin) pull on actin (power stroke) - actin filaments slide to middle of sarcomere -muscle shortens & contracts
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Cross bridge detaches from binding sites on actin
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Muscle fiber lengthens & relaxes
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Calcium ions actively pumped back into sarcoplasmic reticulum -troponin released from tropomyosin - tropomyosin covers cross bridge binding sites
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