Multiple Choice
According to the sliding filament model of muscle contraction, a sarcomere contracts when its
A) thick filaments slide across its Z lines.
B) thin filaments slide across its Z lines.
C) thin filaments slide toward each other across its thick filaments.
D) thick filaments shorten, pulling the opposed sets of thin filaments past each other.
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