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Explain the sliding filament model of muscular contraction

The presence of calcium ions causes tropnonin to detach from tropomyosin-this exposes the mysoin head binding sites. Myosin head groups attach to the surrounding actin filaments forming a cross bridge. The h...
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Describe how the cardiac cycle is coordinated with reference to the sinoatrial node (SAN), the atrioventricular node (AVN), and Purkinje tissue.

The SAN is the pacemaker, situated at the top of the right atrium. The SAN initiates a wave of excitation at regular intervals. The wave of excitation quickly travels over the walls of both atria. As it pass...
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How do you go about writing an English essay?

It can be difficult to know where to start when you are faced with having to write an essay, so the most important thing is to ensure you have a plan. This does not have to be very complicated, but it should...
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Can you explain the matching concept?

The matching concept, otherwise known as the 'accruals' concept, is a fundamental accounting principle that provides that income and expenditure in a business should be matched to the period to which they we...
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What is a Probability Mass Function (PMF)?

A Probability Mass Function is a function used to describe the liklihood of the outcome of a random event that has a finite number of possible outcomes. The domain is the range of possible outcomes of the ra...
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