cross-bridges

cross-bridges
(kros-brijґəz) in A bands of myofibrils, connections from the thick to the thin filaments formed by the heads of myosin molecules and appearing microscopically as dark striations; they provide the mechanical force that slides the thick and thin filaments past each other in muscle contraction.

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