The sliding-filament model explains muscle contraction, where actin filaments slide over myosin filaments, shortening the sarcomere.
El modelo de filamentos deslizantes explica la contracción muscular, donde los filamentos de actina se deslizan sobre los filamentos de miosina, acortando el sarcómero.
| Front | sliding-filament model |
|---|---|
| Back | The theory explaining how muscle contracts, based on change within a sarcomere, the basic unit of muscle organization. According to this model, thin (actin) filaments slide across thick (myosin) filaments, shortening the sarcomere. The shortening of all sarcomeres in a myofibril shortens the entire myofibril. |
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