BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9781305967359
Author: STARR
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 32, Problem 3SA
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Muscle provides strength, balance, and posture to the body. There are three types of muscles in a vertebrate: skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles. Cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary. The skeletal muscle is voluntary in nature.
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