Big Guns: The Muscular System - CrashCourse Biology #31

Hank tells us the story of the complicated chemical dance that allows our skeletal muscles to contract and relax.

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Table of Contents
1) Cardiac, Smooth, & Skeletal Muscles 01:09
2) Muscle Anatomy 02:03
a) Muscle Fibers 03:07
b) Myofibrils 04:15:1
c) Sarcomeres 04:19:1
d) Myofilaments 04:37:2
3) Biolography 05:37:1
4) Sliding Filament Model 07:47

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