AQA-BIOL5 Muscle Contraction

Effectors - Muscle contraction

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The dark bands of a myofibril contain mostly _____ filaments
myosin
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The light bands of a myofibril contain thin ____ filaments only
actin
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The cell membrane of muscle fibre cells is called the ____
sarcolemma
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What happen to sarcomeres as a muscle contracts?
They shorten
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What are transverse (T) tubules?
Folds in the sarcolemma
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The light bands of a myofibril contain thin ____ filaments only

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actin

Card 3

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The cell membrane of muscle fibre cells is called the ____

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Card 4

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What happen to sarcomeres as a muscle contracts?

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Card 5

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What are transverse (T) tubules?

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Adil

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too easy

nicola

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Some stuff not in sylabus 

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