Which statement best describes the step in muscle contraction when the sarcomere is the shortest?

A sarcomere becomes shorter as it contracts: the actin filaments slide inward past the myosin filaments, increasing their overlap. At the shortest point, the filaments are described as completely overlapped, so the best choice is “The sarcomere is contracted, and the actin and myosin filaments are completely overlapped.”

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