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Concept

Contraction

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  • Relaxed skeletal muscle showing sarcomeres & nucleus
  • Cardiac muscle stained for mitochondria. Mitochondria provide the energy to power contraction of the muscle.
  • Calcium changes, Drosophila development movie.
  • Muscle biopsy showing ringed fibres
  • Sarcomeres in myofibrils of relaxed skeletal muscle
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    Muscle biopsy showing ringed fibres

    Mike Kayser
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    Muscle biopsy showing individual fibre- TS

    Mike Kayser
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    Drosophila development, effect of heparin movie

    Huw Parry & Michael Whitaker
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    Sarcomeres in myofibrils of relaxed skeletal muscle

    University of Edinburgh
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    Motor end plate

    Mike Kayser
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