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Muscle Tissue

By Valerie C. Scanlon, PhD and Tina Sanders on April 19th 2008

Muscle tissue is specialized for contraction. When muscle cells contract, they shorten and bring about some type of movement. There are three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. The movements each can produce have very different purposes.
Skeletal muscle may also be called striated muscle or voluntary muscle. Each name describes a particular aspect […]

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