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Explain the process of contraction of:    Skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle (show the differences between them)...

  1. Explain the process of contraction of:   

  1. Skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle (show the differences between them)

  1. Smooth muscle  

  1. Draw the action potential of a skeletal muscle cell, Sinoatrial Node cell, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle cell and explain the differences between them.  

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Sydney Mullin answered 10 months ago
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