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    Muscles contract through a process called the sliding filament model where signals from motor neurons cause calcium ions to be released inside muscle cells, which triggers interactions between the protein filaments actin and myosin, causing the filaments to slide past each other and shorten the muscle.

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    Muscles contract through a process called the sliding filament model where signals from motor neurons cause calcium ions to be released inside muscle cells, which triggers interactions between the protein filaments actin and myosin, causing the filaments to slide past each other and shorten the muscle.

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    Muscle Contraction: The Neuromuscular Junction

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    Muscles contract through a process called the sliding filament model where signals from motor neurons cause calcium ions to be released inside muscle cells, which triggers interactions between the protein filaments actin and myosin, causing the filaments to slide past each other and shorten the muscle.

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    MUSCLE

    CONTRACTION
    The Neuromuscular Junction




    Sliding Filament

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