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What identifies proteins that allow muscles to shorten or lengthen?
Contractile proteins is the term that identifies the proteins that allow muscles to shorten or lengthen.
Do muscles shorten as well as lengthen?
yes. source: year 3 science class
What is some antonyms for shorten?
lengthen
What is the opposite word for shorten?
lengthen
Do microtubules in kinetochores shorten or lengthen?
disassemble
What do the peddles on a piano do?
shorten or lengthen the note
Do shadows shorten?
Yes. The length of a shadow is determined by the altitude of the Sun. Therefore shadows shorten then lengthen as each day progresses and, between days, shorten and lengthen as summer comes and passes.
Does the 20 Amendment shorten or lengthen the time between elections and taking of office?
shorten
What 2 major proteins that make muscles move?
The two major proteins that make muscles move are actin and myosin. These proteins slide past one another during muscle contractions, generating the force that allows muscles to shorten and generate movement.
When thick and thin filaments slide past each other does the fiber lengthen?
Muscles contract when sarcomeres shorten. The thin and thick filaments that compose sarcomeres do not shorten; instead, they slide past one another, causing the sarcomere to shorten while the filaments remain the same length.
What muscle can do?
Muscles can contract and shorten
A contraction that causes a muscle to lengthen rather than shorten is called?
An eccentric contraction is one that causes a muscle to lengthen.
