Thermotaxis  The ability to sense temperature difference and preferentially swim from cooler to warmer sites is found only in capacitated sperm

 

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Z disk 

Thin actin filaments are assembled with their (+) ends embedded in a densely staining structure

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In the presence of ATP and Ca+2 , the myosin heads extending from the thick

filaments walk toward the (+) ends of the thin filaments.

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The structure of the sarcomere is maintained by a number of accessory proteins: 

1. CapZ 

2.Tropomodulin

3.Titin 

4.Nebulin

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In skeletal muscle cells, 

a low cytosolic Ca+2 level is maintained by a unique Ca+2 ATPase that continually pumps Ca+2 ions from

the cytosol containing the myofibrils into the SR, establishes a reservoir of Ca+2 in the SR.

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The arrival of a nerve impulse at a neuromuscular junction triggers an action potential in sarcolemma.

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AP activates a  voltage gated Ca2+ channel in the T-tubule membrane, it triggers the opening of a Ca2+ -release channel in the closely associated SR membrane