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This lab report summarizes an experiment on skeletal muscle contraction. When ATP and salt solution was applied to a rabbit muscle sample, the muscle contracted by 33%, shrinking from 6mm to 4mm in length. Microscope images show the striations appearing bunched together after contraction compared to the straight striations before contraction. The experiment found contraction occurred through actin and myosin filaments twisting and sliding. Mink muscles were also observed to contract similarly when alive.

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