Sliding filament theory
4086. Credits: 109 1. Rep: 2 years ago. The structural theory that explains how a muscle fiber contracts is called the _. The structural theory that explains how a muscle fiber contracts is called the ________.  The cell membrane of a muscle cell is called the sarcolemma, and this membrane, like that of neurons, maintains a membrane potential. So, impulses travel along muscle cell membranes just as they do along nerve cell membranes. However, the 'function' of impulses in muscle cells is to bring about contraction.  A neuromuscular junction (sometimes called a myoneural junction) is a junction between nerve and muscle; it is a chemical synapse formed by the contact between the presynaptic terminal of a motor neuron and the postsynaptic membrane of a muscle fiber.  Yes. The I band contains the portion of the thin filaments that does not overlap with thick filaments. When a muscle fiber contracts, thin filaments are pulled over the thick filaments, so there is more overlap of thin and thick filaments and a shorter I band. Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle fibers. In physiology, muscle contraction does not mean muscle shortening because muscle tension can be produced without changes in muscle length such as holding a heavy book or a dumbbell at the same position. The termination of muscle contraction is followed by muscle relaxation, which is a return of the muscle fibers to their low tension-generating state. Muscle contractions can be described based on two variables: length and tension. A muscle fiber contains many myofibrils, which are cylinders of muscle proteins. These proteins allow a muscle cell to contract. Myofibrils contain two types of filaments that run along the long axis of the fiber, and these filaments are arranged in hexagonal patterns. There are thick and thin filaments. All that any muscle can do is create contraction force. A muscle is a bundle of many cells called fibers. You can think of muscle fibers as long cylinders, and compared to other cells in your body, muscle fibers are quite big. They are from about 1 to 40 microns long and 10 to 100 microns in diameter It is through this connective tissue that the force generated by the individual cells is transmitted to the bone. A group of muscle cells are bundled together by collagen to form a fascicle. Since muscle cells are elongated and cylindrical, each muscle cell is usually called a muscle fiber. In skeletal muscle, the muscle fibers are very large, multinucleated, and up to several millimeters in length. The contraction of a muscle fiber is triggered by an action potential conducting over plasma membrane of the muscle fiber. The action potential conducts from the surface of the muscle fiber into the interior via transverse tubules (T tubules). Skeletal-muscle Basics. Skeletal muscle is also called striated muscle, because when it is viewed under polarized light or stained with an indicator, you can see alternating stripes of light and dark. Skeletal muscle has a complex structure that is essential to how it contracts. All that any muscle can do is create contraction force. A muscle is a bundle of many cells called fibers. You can think of muscle fibers as long cylinders, and compared to other cells in your body, muscle fibers are quite big. They are from about 1 to 40 microns long and 10 to 100 microns in diameter The skeletal muscle fibers contract when the sarcomere in the myofibrils contract. The contraction of the sarcomeres is explained by the sliding filament theory. (The word theory is used here in its scientific sense as meaning generally accepted laws and principles, as in the theory of evolution.). The plasma membrane of the skeletal muscle fiber is called a sarcolemma. The muscle fiber contains long cylindrical structures, the myofibrils. The myofibrils almost entirely fill the cell and push the nuclei to the outer edges of the cell under the
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