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A-band. It has actin (thin protein) and myosin (thick protein) overlapping within it

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The area of the sarcomere containing the thick filaments is the?

The area of the sarcomere containing the thick filaments is known as the A band. It appears dark under a microscope due to the overlapping thick filaments. The A band also includes some thin filaments at its edges where they overlap with the thick filaments.


This area contains overlapping thin and thick filaments?

This area is the A band of a sarcomere, which contains both thick myosin filaments and thin actin filaments. The overlapping of these filaments is essential for muscle contraction to occur through the sliding filament mechanism.


What is the dark staining area of a sarcomere?

It is a section of the Sarcomere that stretches from one end of the Myosin filament to the other, and also includes parts of the Actin filaments that overlaps it.


The area of the sarcemere that contains only thick filaments?

H zone


A sarcomere is?

A sarcomere consists of thin and thick filaments arranged so they can slide over each other. The boundary of the sarcomere are the Z lines. Thin filaments extend from the Z lines and overlap with thick filaments in the middle of the sarcomere. The I band is on each side of the Z line where only thin filaments occur. The A band is the length of the thick filaments and is divided into three parts; the zone of overlap is on each end where thin and thick filaments occur, the H band is in the middle and has only thick filaments, and the M line is the center of the A band.


What is the area where weblike pre-keratin filaments first appear?

Stratum Spinosum The Stratum Spinosum is several cell layers thick. These cells contain a weblike system of intermediate filaments, mainly tension-resisting bundles of pre-keratin filaments, which span thir cytosol to attach to desmosomes.


Which region of the sarcomere shortens during contraction the dark band the light band or both?

During contraction, the H zone and I band shorten while the A band remains the same length. The A band is the dark band in the sarcomere that contains the thick filaments, the I band is the light band composed of thin filaments, and the H zone is the area in the center of the sarcomere where only thick filaments are present.


What area of a myofibril is there no actin filaments?

H band


What do you call the area where atoms share electrons when bonding covalently?

You think probable to the overlapping area.


The area of the sarcemere that contains only thin filaments?

It's the I Band.


What characteristic of these filaments helps with nutrient absorption?

large surface area


How is respetory gas exchange maximised in fish gills?

Gills are composed of thousands of filaments which are covered in lamellae (only a few cells thick and contain blood capillaries). This creates a large surface area and a short distance for gas exchange.