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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 2008 Apr 19;28(7-8):371–395. doi: 10.1007/s10974-008-9131-3

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

A mechanical equivalent of one half sarcomere. Cross-bridges are arranged in parallel, and this assembly is connected to a series compliance (q). The parallel stiffness (SP) is added to the entire structure. Although each element is written as elastic, each can have a viscous property at the same time. Modified from Fig. 9 of Wang and Kawai (1997), and reproduced with permission from the Biophysical Society