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Tl"erefore, corsidering both contraction speed and ATP synthesis, we can identify
three main types of skeletal l'T'lJsc|e fibers: slow oxidative, fast oxidative, and fast
glycolytic. Table 49.1 compares some of their characteristics. Most huwan ...
Tl"erefore, corsidering both contraction speed and ATP synthesis, we can identify
three main types of skeletal l'T'lJsc|e fibers: slow oxidative, fast oxidative, and fast
glycolytic. Table 49.1 compares some of their characteristics. Most huwan ...
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Other Types of Muscle There are many types of muscles in the animal kingdom.
As noted previously, however, they share the same fundamental mechanism of
contraction: the sliding of actin and myosin filaments past each other. In addition
to ...
Other Types of Muscle There are many types of muscles in the animal kingdom.
As noted previously, however, they share the same fundamental mechanism of
contraction: the sliding of actin and myosin filaments past each other. In addition
to ...
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>Types of Sensory Receptors (pp. 1048-1049) Mechanoreceptors respond to
stinruli such as pressure, to.ich, stretch, motion, and sound. Cheiroreceptors
detect either tota solute concentrations or specifc molecu|es. Electromagnetic
receptors ...
>Types of Sensory Receptors (pp. 1048-1049) Mechanoreceptors respond to
stinruli such as pressure, to.ich, stretch, motion, and sound. Cheiroreceptors
detect either tota solute concentrations or specifc molecu|es. Electromagnetic
receptors ...
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