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Indicate Which Type of Muscle Is Associated with the Property

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Indicate which type of muscle is associated with the property in question by writing the appropriate letter in the blank using the answer code below:
-Contraction is triggered as Ca²+ physically pulls troponin and tropomyosin from its blocking position over actin's binding sites for the cross bridges.


Definitions:

Enantiomer

Molecules that are mirror images of each other but cannot be overlaid onto each other, much like left and right hands.

Meso Compound

A type of stereochemical isomer with multiple stereocenters that is superimposable on its mirror image, making it achiral despite containing chiral centers.

Diastereomers

Isomers that have a different spatial orientation of atoms but are not mirror reflections of each other.

Meso Form

A stereoisomer with multiple stereocenters that is superimposable on its mirror image, thus being optically inactive.

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