ANATOMY APR+PHILS F/HUMAN ANATOMY(LL)
ANATOMY APR+PHILS F/HUMAN ANATOMY(LL)
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ISBN: 9781260412086
Author: McKinley
Publisher: MCG
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The ways in which thick and thin filaments interact during a muscle contraction.

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Skeletal muscles are categorized as voluntary muscles because they are regulated by the somatic (voluntary) nervous system. A contracting skeletal muscle maintains tension on the attachment site of the muscle to move. The events of muscle contraction are called excitation-contraction coupling. The innervation of a muscle fiber by a nerve impulse results in a series of events that ends in muscle fiber contraction

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