According to the Sliding Filament Model of Muscle Contraction,a Sarcomere

question 14

Multiple Choice

According to the sliding filament model of muscle contraction,a sarcomere contracts when its

• A)thick filaments shorten,pulling the opposed sets of thin filaments past each other.
• B)thin filaments slide toward each other across its thick filaments.
• C)thin filaments slide across its Z lines.
• D)thick filaments slide across its Z lines.

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Definitions:

Igneous Rock

Stone generated by the hardening and crystallization of molten rock material.

Bowens Reaction Series

Bowen's Reaction Series describes the sequence in which minerals crystallize from cooling magma according to their chemical composition and temperature.

Crystallize

The process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly structured in a pattern known as a crystal lattice.

Olivine

A green iron-magnesium silicate mineral that composes much of the upper mantle and also occurs in mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks.