Biology: How Life Works
Biology: How Life Works
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ISBN: 9781319017637
Author: James Morris, Daniel Hartl, Andrew Knoll, Melissa Michael, Robert Lue, Andrew Berry, Andrew Biewener, Brian Farrell, N. Michele Holbrook
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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A change in the body or a bodily organ as a result of its functioning is referred to as an action. Muscle action can be defined as the specific movement of a bodily part generated by the contraction of a muscle. The muscle proteins actin and myosin are t…
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The activation of tension-generating regions inside muscle fibers is known as muscle contraction. There are three types of muscle contractions, which includes concentric contraction (shorten), isometric contraction (remain the same), and eccentric contractions (lengthen).

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