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Read the following statements and choose the correct option:

Statement I: During contraction of skeletal muscles, calcium binds with troponin so that myosin head binding sites on actin are exposed.

Statement II: The process of muscle contraction continues till sodium ions are pumped back to sarcoplasmic reticulum, resulting in masking of actin filaments which results in the return of Z-lines back to their original position.

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Important Questions on Locomotion and Movement

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Match column I with II and select the correct option from the codes given below.
  Column I   Column II
(a) Structrual and functional unit of a myofibril (i) H-zone
(b) Protein of thin filament (ii) Myosin
(c) Protein of think filament (iii) Sarcomere
(d) The central part of thick filament not overlapped by thin filament (iv) Actin
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During muscular contraction, which of the following events occur?
(i) H-zone disappears
(ii) A-band widens
(iii) I-band reduces in width
(iv) Width of A-band is unaffected
(v) M-line and Z-line come closer
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Which of the following is true regarding thick filaments?