Skeletal Muscle: Biceps, Fibres, Fibrils and Sarcomeres.

 The muscle fiber to the sarcomere (animation)

Fiber, H-zone, M-line, Myofibril, Sarcomere, Skeletal muscle, Thick filament, Thin Filment, Z-line

  The structure of the thick filament and M-line (animation)

C-protein, Creatine Kinase, M-line, Myomesin, Myosin, Myosin Light Chain Kinase, Thick Filament, Titin, X-ray pattern's

 The structure of the thin filament and Z-line (animation)

a- Actinin, Actin,  Capping proteins, Desmin, Nebulin, Tropomyosin, Troponin (C, I and T),

 

 The gross physiology of skeletal muscle (animation)

Endomysium, Epimysium, Fascia, Myofibrils, Perimysium, Sarcoplasmic reticulum, Transverse tubules

 

 Levers and joints (animation)

Agonists,  Antagonists, Fulcrum, Joint, Lever classes, Synergists, Torque

 

  A new model for the structure and movement of the myosin filament. (external link)

With kind permission of Dr. Ludmilla Skubiszak, from the from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

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