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OCR Biology A-Level Sliding Filament Model Summary

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Neuromuscular Junction :
. Cast
Action
potential reaches the neuromuscular
junction Opening , the channels
.
2
Cat diffuses into the knob
synaptic
3 .


Acetylcholine leaves via
exocytosis and binds to the Sarcolemma receptors
4 Nat . Channels open causing depolarisation
S .


Depolaisation travels into the fibre by +-tubules
6 .

Caltions diffuse into the sarcoplasm
2 .


Acetylcholine is broken down by acetylcholinesterase
-
choline and ethanoic acid

sliding filament model :
1 An and travels into
.
action potential arrives at the neuromuscular junction the

muscle fiber transverse tubules which contact with the sarcoplasmic
by
are in


reticulum of the muscle fiber
2 .


Sarcoplasmic reticulum releases Cactions into the Sarcoplasm
3 .


Tropomyosin molecule
prevents the
myosin head attaching
to the
binding site ,



↳ cat bind to troponin conformational and pulled
causing tropomyosin
a is
change
away exposing ,
the
binding sites
heads bind to ADP and actin
forming actin-myosin cross bridge
4 the
.

Myosin
S Power Stroke heads and the activ filaments past the
Myosin coch
pull
:
.




in filament and ADP released
shortening the sarcomere is
myos ,




A ATP
myos in head breaking the cross-bridge
. .
new molecule attaches to the ,




7 .


Myosin heads return to the
original positions ,
ATP is
hydrolysed and a


new ADP binds .




heads attach further down and Calt returns
binding
8 to the
.



Myosin to a new site

Sarcoplasmic reticulum .




light band Narrows H-zone Narrows
: :




2 lines :
move closer
together Down band :


stays the same

Needed
Energy for the
powerstroke dissociation of the
myosin head from actin and the
:

,




reabsorption of Calt by active transport
Creatine Phosphate :
Reserve phosphate supply to regenerate ATP

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