• 2022-06-07
    A healthy 32-year-old man lifts weights regularly as part of his work-out. In one of his biceps muscle fibers at rest, the length of the I bandis 1.0 μm and the A band is 1.5 μm. Contraction of that muscle fiberresults in a 10% shortening of the length of the sarcomere. What isthe length of the A band after the shortening produced by musclecontraction?
    A: 1.50 μm
    B: 1.35 μm
    C: 1.00 μm
    D: 1.90 μm
    E: 0.45 μm