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3D - Sarcomere Contraction - Fly Through


This movie illustrates the organization of myosin molecules that make the thick filament and how the myosin heads bend and pull the actin filaments. In turn this shortens the width of the sarcomere.

A "fly through" of a simplified sarcomere can be seen here.

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