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| consists of groups of fibers, or cells bound together |
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| Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal |
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| What are the 3 types of muscles? |
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| found in the walls of your internal organs and blood vessels that squeeze and exert pressure; involuntary |
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| straited; only found in the heart and makes it contract; involuntary |
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| straited; attached to and moves your muscles; voluntary |
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| The majority of muscles work in ________ pairs. |
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| long fused muscle cells that make up muscle fibers which make up muscles |
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| thick filament that makes up myfibrils along with actin |
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| thin filament that makes up myfibrils along with myosin |
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| Each myrofibril can be divided into sections called ___________ which are the functional units of muscle. |
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| when signaled, the actin filaments within each scaromere slide toward one another, shortening the sacromeres in a fiber and cause the muscle to contract |
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