Muscle contraction: Part 1, The contractile process

digital file Black & White Sound 1971 39:20

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Summary: The first part of a two-part lecture. The structure of the muscle fibre is reviewed, followed by an outline of the history of various theories of muscle contraction. Professor Huxley describes his own experimental work, shows film of muscle contraction under interference microscopy, and outlines the thinking that led to the development of the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction. The programme finishes with a summary of the mechanisim of force generation. 8 segments.

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