Muscle
Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. It is one of the four major tissue types, the other three being epithelium, connective tissue and nervous tissue. Muscle contraction is used to move parts of the body, as well as to move substances within the body.
References
- Costill, Jack H. and Wilmore, David L. (2004). Physiology of Sport and Exercise. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. ISBN 0736044892.
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Types |
| ► | Anatomy |
| ► | Physiology |
| ► | Nervous control |
| ► | Role in health and disease |
| ► | The strongest human muscle |
| ► | Efficiency |
| ► | References |
| ► | External links |
| ► | See also |
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