EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 8220100545931
Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 6, Problem 4CT
At the gym Sean gets on a stair-climbing machine and “climbs” as fast as he can for fifteen minutes. At the end of that time he is breathing hard and his quadriceps and other leg muscles are aching. What is the physiological explanation for these Symptoms?
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