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Difference in Structure of Different Types of Muscle

AQA A-level BiologyMusclesLesson 2 of 15

Skeletal muscle is striped or striated. Each tubular cell has many nuclei (multinicleate), regularly arranged and is under voluntary control. The muscle contracts rapidly in short bursts in one direction and muscles fatigue.

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