looking at striated muscle under the microscope, we will see areas of light, thin strands and area of dark thick strands which one of these filaments will be in the dark area. CA plus plus my son Acton, laminate micro tubes.
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Striated muscle, such as skeletal muscle, is composed of myofibrils that contain two main types of filaments: thin filaments (actin) and thick filaments (myosin). Show more…
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1. Myosin and actin are arranged as rod-like structures, parallel to each other and also to the transverse axis of the myofibrils. 2. Actin filaments are thinner as compared to the myosin filaments, hence are commonly called thin and thick filaments respectively. Regarding 1 and 2 :
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