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Skeletal Muscle

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Biomechanics

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There are three kinds of muscles: skeletal, heart, and smooth. Skeletal muscle makes up a major part of the animal body. It is the prime mover of animal locomotion. It is controlled by voluntary nerves. It has the feature that if it is stimulated at a sufficiently high frequency, it can generate a maximal tension, which remains constant in time. It is then said to be tetanized. The activity of the contracting mechanism is then thought to be maximal.

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Fung, YC. (1993). Skeletal Muscle. In: Biomechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2257-4_9

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