MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND RESPIRATION

MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND RESPIRATION

Muscle Contraction and Respiration

Muscle Contraction

In order to understand the concept behind muscle contraction, it is very important that the muscle structure known. Muscle is composing of “Actin” filaments and the filaments of “Myosin-II”, which is a protein formed with the help of two polypeptides. Muscles are made up of bundles of fibers that seem similar to a bundle of thins wires held together. These fibers are massive and formed as a process of the fusion of many cells together. In fact, muscle fibers are multinucleated, which means that a single large cell has multiple ...