What might happen if skeletal muscle lacked tropomyosin?   A. The striation pattern would disappear.   B. Ca2+ levels in the muscle would decrease.   C. Actin and myosin would not be able to form cross-bridges.   D. Acetylcholine would not be released into the synaptic cleft.   E. Myosin and actin would form cross-bridges whenever ATP is available.

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What might happen if skeletal muscle lacked tropomyosin?

  A.

The striation pattern would disappear.

  B.

Ca2+ levels in the muscle would decrease.

  C.

Actin and myosin would not be able to form cross-bridges.

  D.

Acetylcholine would not be released into the synaptic cleft.

  E.

Myosin and actin would form cross-bridges whenever ATP is available.

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