sarcoplasm
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This can only happen in the presence of calcium, which is kept at extremely low concentrations in the sarcoplasm.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
ATP-driven pumps will move Ca++ out of the sarcoplasm back into the SR.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The sliding can only occur when myosin-binding sites on the actin filaments are exposed by a series of steps that begins with Ca++ entry into the sarcoplasm.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The actin sites are exposed after Ca++ enters the sarcoplasm from its SR storage to activate the troponin-tropomyosin complex so that the tropomyosin shifts away from the sites.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Within the sarcolemma are minute fibrils and a semiliquid substance, called the sarcoplasm.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
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