BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9781305967359
Author: STARR
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 32, Problem 14SA
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Muscle provides strength, balance, and posture to the body. The three types of muscle found in vertebrates are skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles. Cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary while skeletal muscles are voluntary in nature.
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