Discuss Why Immigrants, Such as Haitians in the Early 1980s

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Essay

Discuss why immigrants, such as Haitians in the early 1980s and Puerto Ricans athe beginning of the 20^th century, became stigmatized with labels such as "diseased" and "debilitated" when they reached the United States.

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Definitions:

T Tubule

T Tubules, or transverse tubules, are extensions of the cell membrane that penetrate into the center of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells, playing a crucial role in muscle contraction.

Sliding Filament Model

A theory describing the mechanism of muscle contraction, where actin and myosin filaments slide past each other to shorten the muscle fiber length.

Sarcomere

The basic unit of a muscle's cross-striated myofibril, responsible for the muscle's contractile properties.

Actin

A protein that forms filaments and is involved in various types of cell movement and structure, including muscle contraction and cell division.