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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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Chapter 41, Problem 3FIB
A skeletal muscle cells is called a(n)__________. It consists of bundles of cylindrical structures tailed____________ which in turn consist of much smaller cylinders, the ___________attached end to end at their____________.
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