Anatomy of skeletal muscle tissue, illustrating the hierarchical structure from whole muscle down to sarcomeres (IMAGE)

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Anatomy of skeletal muscle tissue, illustrating the hierarchical structure from whole muscle down to sarcomeres

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The contraction process involves interactions between actin and myosin filaments within the sarcomeres to generate force.

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Maira Z. Cordelle, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford.

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