★ Muscle Anatomy Quiz
The mechanical force of contraction is generated by ________.
A. shortening of the thin filaments
B. the temporary disappearance of thin filaments
C. shortening of the thick filaments
D. a sliding of thin filaments past thick filaments
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During skeletal muscle contraction, to what do myosin heads bind?
A. the H zone
B. Z discs
C. actin filaments
D. myosin filaments
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