Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles Question
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During the contraction of a vertebrate skeletal muscle fiber, calcium ions .
- transmit action potentials from the motor neuron to the muscle fiber
- spread action potentials through the T tubules
- bind with troponin, changing its shape so that the myosin-binding sites on actin are exposed
- break cross-bridges by acting as a cofactor in ATP hydrolysis