Meaning of sarcomere | Babel Free

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The contractile unit of the myofibril of a striated muscle.

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“1997, Kenneth Axen, Kathleen Vermitsky Axen, The Princeton Review⟳ Physiology Coloring Workbook, Princeton Review⟳ Publishing, Random House, page 51, The sarcomere determines the amount of overlap between the actin and myosin filaments and thus, the number⟳ of cross-bridges that participate⟳ in a given contraction. Since each cross bridge contributes to the contraction, sarcomeres generate⟳ their maximal force⟳ when their contraction employs the maximal number⟳ of cross-bridges between the actin and myosin filaments.”

“Specific proteins are responsible for the bands and zones within each sarcomere.”

“Of particular importance was the confirmation that the sarcomere lengths are instantaneously unstable for any reasonable assignment of parameters and number⟳ of sarcomeres, even as low as 100.”

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