Size Duel deck / The body, cells and particles
Actin filament
Length: diameter of the filament
about 7 nm
Range used for fair duels: 6.36 nm to 7.7 nm.
Thin protein threads that help cells move and keep their shape.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-11-01: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify, or content-verify-pdf for PDFs); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source.
“have a diameter of about 7 nm”OpenStax, Rice University — Biology for AP Courses, section4.5: source, retrieved 2026-10-29; quote re-found by the server check
“Microfilaments are 7 nm in diameter filaments arranged as a paired helix of two strands of globular actin.”UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School — Neuroscience Online by JackC.Waymire: source, retrieved 2026-10-29; quote re-found by the server check
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