Warehousing: Function, Benefits and Types of Warehousing. Warehousing: Function, Benefits and Types of Warehousing! A warehouse may be defined as a place used for the storage or accumulation of goods. The function of storage can be carried out successful with the help of warehouses used for storing the goods. ADVERTISEMENTS:
sliding filament theory A proposed mechanism of muscle contraction in which the actin and myosin filaments of striated muscle slide over each other to shorten the length of the muscle fibres (see sarcomere). Myosin-binding sites on the actin filaments are exposed when calcium ions bind to troponin molecules in these filaments.
filÂ·aÂ·ment. n. 1. A fine or very thin thread or fiber: filaments of cloth; filaments of flax. 2. A slender or threadlike structure or part, especially: a. A fine wire that is heated electrically to produce light in an incandescent lamp. b. The stalk that bears the anther in the stamen of a flower.