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Biology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337392938
Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 40.3, Problem 4C
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To determine: The comparison between skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle.

Introduction: Vertebrates possess three types of fundamental muscles in the body. The function of muscle is for the purpose of locomotion, circulation of body fluids, and for the passage of transfer of food material in the esophagus. Muscles constitute together to form the muscular system of the body. It also provides the posture to the body.

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