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Thick Filaments

Made of myosin molecules ("golf clubs twisted together").

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Thin Filaments

Made of actin, tropomyosin, and troponin.

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Actin

Main thin-filament protein; has myosin-binding sites.

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Tropomyosin

Covers myosin-binding sites on actin.

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Troponin

Holds tropomyosin in place; binds calcium.