Explain how a sarcomere is affected when thin filaments slide past thick filaments during muscle contraction
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As thin filaments slide past thick filaments during the sliding filament mechanism of muscle contraction, the sarcomere becomes shorter with each contraction. The action of the sliding filaments draws the Z discs closer together and causes the sarcomere as a whole to shorten as the filaments overlap.
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