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Specifically what is responsible for the banding pattern in skeletal muscle cells?
Prosomes form sarcomere-like banding patterns in skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle cells.Actin and Myosin proteins
When a muscle contracts how does its form change?
A muscle that contracts shortens whereas a muscle that relaxes lengthens.
What is a smooth muscle that contracts or relaxes to change the volume of the chest?
The Diaphragm.
What is the cause of the banding pattern visible in striated muscle?
The banding pattern visible in striated muscle is due to the arrangement of thick and thin filaments within muscle fibers. The alternating dark A bands (containing thick filaments) and light I bands (containing thin filaments) create the striated appearance. This banding pattern is essential for the function of muscle contraction.
What does a muscle become when it contracts?
A muscle becomes shorter when it contracts.
When one muscle contracts what happens to the opposing muscle?
When one muscle in a pair contracts the other expands.
When the muscle contracts it is?
Flexion
When muscle contracts it is?
Flexion
When a muscle contracts it?
shortens
Which muscles contracts when the leg is extended at the knee?
The muscle that contracts when the leg is extended at the knee is call the gastrocnemius muscle
When the muscle contracts what happens to the tendon and bone?
When the muscle contracts, the tendon pulls on the bone to create movement. The tendon is the connective tissue that attaches the muscle to the bone, so when the muscle contracts, it exerts force on the tendon, which in turn moves the bone.
What happens when the biceps muscle contracts?
When the bicep contracts the triceps relax
