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Muscle Contraction

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Muscle contraction made easy with our working model!

Our colourful model teaches the complexities of skeletal muscle contraction in a dynamic way! Your students make their model of a sarcomere, including the Z line, I band, A band, thick myosin filament, thin actin filament and tropomyosin/troponin.

Download and print as many times as you want - forever at no extra cost!

They then use it to contract the sarcomere walking the myosin heads along the actin filaments and hydrolysing ATP to provide the power. Also shows the role of calcium. 

Includes full colour Powerpoint class presentation!

Takes about 30 minutes. Dimensions:  28cm/11in long relaxed (19cm/7in contracted) x 15cm/6in high. 

Download includes: instructions, colour & mono model templates, and Powerpoint file.

All you need: paper, scissors and tape.

Important Information about licencing

Origami Organelles are downloadable paper models that you print and make as many times as you like! When you purchase a model, you are licensed for unlimited use on a single school, college or home education site/campus or for personal use.

If you wish to use it in an organisation other than a school or college, such as a university, museum, science centre or commercial organisation please email info@origamiorganelles.com for licence information and pricing.

Unauthorised distribution, copying, downloading, uploading, commercial exploitation or modification by the purchaser or any third party of this document or any part of it is strictly prohibited. Registered Design nos: 4043767, 4043768, 4043769, 4035980, 4035981, 4035982, 4035983, 4038435, 4038437, 4038436, 4038438, 4041830, 4041829.

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Muscle contraction made easy with our working model!

Our colourful model teaches the complexities of skeletal muscle contraction in a dynamic way! Your students make their model of a sarcomere, including the Z line, I band, A band, thick myosin filament, thin actin filament and tropomyosin/troponin.

Download and print as many times as you want - forever at no extra cost!

They then use it to contract the sarcomere walking the myosin heads along the actin filaments and hydrolysing ATP to provide the power. Also shows the role of calcium. 

Includes full colour Powerpoint class presentation!

Takes about 30 minutes. Dimensions:  28cm/11in long relaxed (19cm/7in contracted) x 15cm/6in high. 

Download includes: instructions, colour & mono model templates, and Powerpoint file.

All you need: paper, scissors and tape.

Important Information about licencing

Origami Organelles are downloadable paper models that you print and make as many times as you like! When you purchase a model, you are licensed for unlimited use on a single school, college or home education site/campus or for personal use.

If you wish to use it in an organisation other than a school or college, such as a university, museum, science centre or commercial organisation please email info@origamiorganelles.com for licence information and pricing.

Unauthorised distribution, copying, downloading, uploading, commercial exploitation or modification by the purchaser or any third party of this document or any part of it is strictly prohibited. Registered Design nos: 4043767, 4043768, 4043769, 4035980, 4035981, 4035982, 4035983, 4038435, 4038437, 4038436, 4038438, 4041830, 4041829.