When a skeletal muscle generates enough force during contraction to shorten,

A) only the sarcomere will shorten.
B) the sarcomere, the A band and the I band will shorten.
C) only the A band will shorten.
D) only the I band will shorten.
E) the sarcomere and the I band will shorten.


E) the sarcomere and the I band will shorten.

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