9 Muscle relaxes.
2+
8 Troponintropomyosin 5 Ca binds to troponin on
complex slides back the thin filament, exposing
into position where it the binding sites for myosin.
blocks the myosin
binding sites on actin.
Elevated Ca2+
Ca2+ active
transport pumps
Figure 9.4 Summary of muscle contraction and relaxation (Tortora and Derrickson 2009)