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Muscles
Muscle tissue is made up of cells that can
contract, generating a pulling force.
cardiac muscle
smooth muscle
skeletal muscle.
actin
ATP
binding
binding
site
site
myosin head
tropomyosin actin sub-unit
binding site
33 kJmol-1
+ inorganic + energy
ATP ADP phosphate
+ +
ADP phosphocreatine ATP creatine
contraction