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Basic unit of muscle contraction is...

Basic unit of muscle contraction is

A

Collagen

B

sarcomere

C

bands

D

myofibrils

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b
A sarcomere is the basic unit of a muscle's cross-striated myofibril. Sarcomeres are multi-protein comlexes composed of three different filament systems.
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