Sliding Filament Model
- Created by: Megan
- Created on: 03-03-14 21:39
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- Impulses reach the neuromuscular junction and cause synaptic vesicles to bind with the pre-synaptic membrane and release acetylcholine
- Acetylcholine binds with receptors on the sarcolemme and with depolarises the sarcolemma
- If a threshold level is reached, the T-system is also depolarised
- Calcium ions are released from the T-system and the sarcoplasmic reticulum
- These ions bind to the troponin, changing it shape
- The troponin, which secures the…
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