Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 31, Problem 8SQ
______ muscle pulls on bones and _______ muscle regulates the diameter of blood vessels.
- a. Skeletal / cardiac
- b. Smooth / cardiac
- c. Skeletal / smooth
- d. Smooth / skeletal
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