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The 15 pages that link to Sarcomere, each with the reason it gives.

• Skeletal muscleBroader topic: Sarcomeres arranged in series give skeletal muscle its striated appearance and shortening capacity.

• Muscle contractionBroader topic: Sarcomeres are the aligned units whose shortening produces striated-muscle force.

• Smooth muscleCompared with: Smooth muscle lacks sarcomeres, accounting for its nonstriated appearance.

• Cardiac muscleBroader topic: Sarcomeres give cardiac muscle its striated appearance and produce contraction.

• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathyBroader topic: Many inherited forms begin with variants in proteins that assemble or regulate cardiac sarcomeres.

• Excitation-contraction couplingNarrower topic: Calcium regulation ultimately permits sarcomeres to generate force.

• Muscle hypertrophyBroader topic: Sarcomeres contain the actin and myosin machinery that occupies growing muscle fibers.

• CardiomyopathyRelated: Mutations in sarcomere proteins cause many cases of inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

• Sarcoplasmic reticulumBroader topic: Calcium from the reticulum enables sarcomeres to generate force.

• Sliding filament theoryBroader topic: Sliding shortens this unit while its actin and myosin filaments keep their lengths.

• Congenital myopathyBroader topic: Several congenital myopathies alter proteins that organize this unit.

• MuscleBroader topic: Its ordered filaments give skeletal and cardiac muscle their striated appearance.

• MyofibrilBroader topic: Repeating sarcomeres are the structural units that make up a myofibril.

• Muscle cellBroader topic: Its repeated shortening produces force in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells.

• Myotendinous junctionRelated: Sarcomeres generate the force that must be transmitted through the fiber’s end.