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Muscles are responsible for? |
All types of body movement. |
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3 basic types of muscles |
-skeletal -cardiac -smooth |
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Characteristics of muscle |
•Skeletal and smooth cells are elongated • contraction of muscle is due to the movement of microfilaments •all muscles share some terminology ( prefixes myo and mys refers to muscle ) ( prefix savor refers to flesh ) |
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Skeletal muscle characteristics |
Most are attached by tendons to bones Cells are multinucleate Are stratified and voluntary |
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Hanna |
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