Muscle contraction steps

Molecular muscle contraction

This is page of muscle notes. It puts the process in a diagram form that makes it more applicable for learning the steps.

Muscle contraction in 10 basic steps. Sliding filament theory and muscle contraction video to explain how a muscle contracts.

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When a muscle is ready to contract, calcium in the muscle fibers exposes myosin-binding sites on actin filaments. Actin−myosin cross-bridges form. By hydrolyzing ATP, myosin heads push up against actin fibrils, contracting the sarcomere. Calcium and ATP presence enables cross-bridge cycling.

Isometric vs Isotonic muscle contraction...

The sequence of events that result in the contraction of an individual muscle fiber begins with a signal—the neurotransmitter, ACh—from the motor neuron innervating that fiber. The local membrane of the fiber will depolarize as positively charged sodium ions (Na+) enter, triggering an action potential that spreads to the rest of the membrane will depolarize, including the T-tubules.

Muscle contraction and relaxation at the sarcomere level.