Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 32, Problem 8SQ
Skeletal muscles are controlled by ______ .
- a. sympathetic neurons
- b. parasympathetic neurons
- c. somatic motor neuron
- d. somatic sensory neurons
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