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Title: How do calcium ions effect the changes leading to muscle contraction?
Post by: ppk on Jun 24, 2012
How do calcium ions effect the changes leading to muscle contraction?


Title: Re: How do calcium ions effect the changes leading to muscle contraction?
Post by: duddy on Jul 1, 2012
Calcium ions are constantly transported out of the sarcoplasm and into the sarcoplasmic reticulum to be released when electrical changes occur in the membranes of the T tubules. The duration of the contraction depends upon the duration of the electrical events.