NEET Biology NEET PYQ-Locomotion and Movement

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    The H-zone in the skeletal muscle fibre is due to [NEET 2013]

    A) the absence of myofibrils in the central portion of A-band

    B) the central gap between myosin filaments in the A-band

    C) the central gap between actin filaments extending through myosin filaments in the A-band

    D) extension of myosin filaments in the central portion of the A-band

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [C] H-zone in skeletal muscle is the central gap between actin filaments extending through myosin filaments in the A-band. Alternate arrangement of dark and light bands gives the striated appearance to a skeletal muscle. At the centre of A-band, a comparatively less dark zone called H-zone is present. In the centre of H-zone, M-line is present, formed by the threats that connect the my of filaments.


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