ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

MUSCLE ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Thick filaments are in a myofibril are
A
ATPase
B
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
C
Actin
D
Myosin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The myofibrils are made up of thick and thin myofilaments, which help give the muscle its striped appearance. The thick filaments are composed of myosin, and the thin filaments are predominantly actin, along with two other muscle proteins, tropomyosin and troponin.

Detailed explanation-2: -The thick filament consists largely of myosin. Six proteins make up myosin: two heavy chains whose tails intertwine to form a supercoil and whose heads contain actin binding sites and a catalytic site for ATP hydrolysis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the cytoplasm consists of myofibrils, which are cylindrical bundles of two types of filaments: thick filaments of myosin (about 15 nm in diameter) and thin filaments of actin (about 7 nm in diameter).

Detailed explanation-4: -The myofibrils are made up of thick and thin myofilaments, which give the muscle its striped appearance. The thick filaments are composed strands of the protein myosin, and the thin filaments are strands of the protein actin, along with two other muscle regulatory proteins, tropomyosin and troponin.

Detailed explanation-5: -An individual sarcomere contains many parallel actin (thin) and myosin (thick) filaments.

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