| Skeletal Muscle System | |
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Skeletal Muscle Fiber Longitudinal muscle fibers with striations |
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Skeletal Muscle Fiber Longitudinal muscle fibers with striations and multiple nuclei |
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Skeletal Muscle Transverse cut muscle fibers compared to longitudinally cut muscle fibers |
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Skeletal Muscle Transverse cut muscle fibers in fascicle formation. (Left complete fascicle and on the right partial fascicle) |
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Muscle-Tendon Joint Skeletal muscle and tendon (dense connective tissue) and adipose tissue |
Bone-Tendon Joint Skeletal muscle and tendon connected to compact bone |
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| Motor Neurons | |
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Motor Nerve Ending Motor units: motor nerves and the sarcolemmas (muscle plasma membranes) that they are attached to. |
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