Question

Hypothetically, if a muscle were stretched to the point where thick and thin filaments no longer overlapped, ______

Answer 1

No muscle tension can be generated

Step-by-step explanation:

Skeletal muscle is made up of repeating structure of myosin and actin fibers. The myosin thick filament is surrounded by actin thin filaments, and each thin filament is surrounded by thick filaments thereby overlapping each other. If overlapping doesn't occur, there will be no movement and no tension in the muscles.

Answer 2

No generation of muscle tension.

Step-by-step explanation:

Muscles may be defined as the important tissue that contains the actin and myosin proteins help in the muscle contraction. Three different types of muscle are smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle.

The muscle shows striations when observed under the microscope and shows alternate dark and light bands of the actin and myosin. These proteins shows overlapping with each other. If there is no overlapping, the muscle tension and no movements of muscle can be generated.