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What is the name of the fundamental repeating unit of skeletal muscle fibre?

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum
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Motor unit
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Myosin cross bridge
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Sarcomere
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Solution

The correct option is D Sarcomere
The fundamental repeating unit of skeletal muscle fibre is called sarcomere.
Motor unit is made up of a motor neuron and the muscle fibres it innervates.
As the myosin head binds with the actin filament, a connection called a cross bridge is formed.
The endoplasmic reticulum in muscle fibres is known as sarcoplasmic reticulum.

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