During contraction of skeletal muscle fibers, the
A) contractile proteins shorten
B) thin filaments slide inward toward the A band's center as a result of cycles of cross-bridge binding and bending
C) thick and thin filaments become tightly coiled, thus shortening the sarcomere
D) I bands slide in between the A bands
E) lateral sacs of the sarcoplasmic reticulum shorten, pulling the Z lines closer together
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Q16: The striated appearance of skeletal muscle is
Q17: Muscle fibers develop tension by
A)contraction of sarcomeres
B)shortening
C)the
Q18: Actin
A)does not perform a power stroke during
Q19: Cross bridges
A)bind to actin during muscle contraction
B)are
Q20: During contraction of a sarcomere,
A)the Z discs
Q22: During a cross-bridge cycle in skeletal muscle,
A)the
Q23: Binding of _ to myosin permits the
Q24: During contraction, asynchronous cycling of cross bridges
A)prevents
Q25: Which statement is not true about cross
Q26: An action potential rapidly spreads to the
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