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Date May 2022 Marks available 1 Reference code 22M.1.HL.TZ2.38
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Question number 38 Adapted from N/A

Question

The electron micrograph shows sarcomeres in myofibrils of striated muscle during muscle contraction. The lines P–Q and R–S show two regions of one sarcomere.

[Source: Republished with permission of Elsevier - Health Sciences Division from Cell by Don W. Fawcett 1981 ; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.]

 

How would regions P–Q and R–S change when the muscle relaxes?

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D

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Additional higher level » Topic 11: Animal physiology » 11.2 Movement
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