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Chapter 32, Problem 3SA
Summary Introduction
Introduction:
Muscle provides strength, balance, and posture to the body. There are three types of muscles in a vertebrate: skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles. Cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary. The skeletal muscle is voluntary in nature.
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The skeleton can still grow as long as there is cartilage left in the ___.
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d. Haversian system
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producing red blood cells
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supporting and protecting body parts
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