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Before a muscle can contract, an action potential must be generated in a motor neuron that enervates the muscle fiber

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Before a muscle can contract, an action potential must be generated in a motor neuron that enervates the muscle fiber. Once the muscle fiber is stimulated, the sliding filament mechanism causes muscle contraction. This assignment combines information you learned in Topics 2 and 4, starting with the steps of generating action potentials and ending with sliding filament theory. This assignment is hand drawn, not an image that is obtained from the internet. Make sure each drawing is the size of an entire page. You must create diagrams illustrating the steps of an action potential leading to excitation-contraction coupling, including sliding filament theory. Make the drawings large enough to clearly display the correctly placed steps in generating of action potentials ending with sliding filament theory. Directions: Be sure to complete all parts of this assignment. Part 1: Create a hand drawn diagram of action potential in a neuron leading to synaptic vesicle release at the neuromuscular junction, and include the following terms: Action Potential Depolarization Repolarization Sodium Potassium Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Threshold Refractory Period Voltage-gated Potassium Channel Hyperpolarization Resting Membrane Potential Sodium/Potassium Pump Vesicle Acetylcholine Calcium Part 2: Create a hand drawn diagram of the excitation-contraction coupling, beginning with the action potential initiation at the neuromuscular junction and ending with sliding filament action. Be sure to include the following terms: Synaptic terminal Synaptic Cleft Acetylcholine Action Potential T-tubule Calcium Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Sarcolemma Contraction Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Excitation Neuromuscular Junction Troponin Tropomyosin Actin Myosin Sodium Potassium Z-line APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.