Abstract
Muscle tissue consists of elongated cells or multinucleated fibers specialized for contraction. To accomplish this function each cell or fiber contains the proteins actin and myosin, which undergo alterations resulting in contraction.
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Bacon, R.L., Niles, N.R. (1986). Muscle. In: Medical Histology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8199-0_6
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