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Notes:
This slide provides an overview of the physiology of a skeletal muscular contraction.
- Figure 1. When a muscle contracts, it shortens. Because tbe muscle crosses over a joint, the shortened muscle produces movement (elbow flexion caused by the contraction of the Biceps is shown here)=
- Figure 2. The shortening of a muscle during a contraction occurs when two protein filaments (actin and myosin) within the muscle fiber slide past each other. Cross bridges form between the two filaments and generate the tension during a muscular contraction.
Figures used with permission from Hole’s Human Anatomy and Physiology (Shier, Butler and Lewis) - McGraw Hill Publishers
