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How does contraction of muscle fibres occur?

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**Step-by-Step Text Solution:** 1. **Understanding Muscle Contraction**: Muscle contraction can be explained through the sliding filament theory, which describes how muscle fibers shorten during contraction. 2. **Role of Myofilaments**: In a muscle fiber, there are two types of myofilaments: thick (myosin) and thin (actin). During contraction, these myofilaments interact with each other. 3. **Sliding Mechanism**: According to the sliding filament theory, during muscle contraction, the thin myofilaments (actin) slide inward towards the H zone (the central region of the sarcomere). ...
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  • In a muscle fibre :

    A
    sacrolemma is connective tissue holding the myofibrils together
    B
    T system contains calcium storage sacs
    C
    both filaments have cross-bridges
    D
    all of the above
  • Assertion: Mechanism of muscle contraction is expalained by sliding-filaments theory. Reason: Contraction of muscle fibre takes place by the sliding of thick filaments over the thin filaments.

    A
    If both assertion and reason are ture and reason is the corect explanation of assertion
    B
    If both assertion and reason are ture but reson is not the correct explanation of assertion
    C
    If assertion is true reason is false
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    If both assertion and reason are false
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