ABSTRACT
Striated muscle contraction is needed for survival in most animals, humans included. Contraction is described in part by various models, building on mechanics, biochemistry, protein chemistry and mathematics. Although there is some truth and scientific evidence in all of these, a full-scale merger of it all is still missing.Grounded in the fact that a muscle consists of living interacting structured proteins in a predefined environment, which is perturbed at the start and completion of a contraction, I intend to look at the combined anatomical, mechanical, physical-chemical and biochemical findings. My overall aim is to attempt to create a closer to real life model which will describe the contraction of the striated muscle cell.
