BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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ISBN: 9781260670929
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 26.4, Problem 3MC
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The process by which sliding filaments shorten a sarcomere.

Introduction:

A sarcomere is the basic unit of striated muscle tissue and is composed of myofilaments. It is the repeating unit between two Z lines.

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