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Describe what happens when a muscle contracts.

Can you write a short one for me please like 3 sentences

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When a muscle contracts, the actin is pulled along myosin toward the center of the sarcomere until the actin and myosin filaments are completely overlapped.
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sliding filament theory. According to this theory, myosin filaments use energy from ATP to “walk” along the actin filaments with their cross bridges. When all of the sarcomeres in a muscle fiber shorten, the fiber contracts.

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