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There's a muscle in your body that scientists say serves no purpose, but every human still has it

Run a finger down the center of the forearm, curl the fingers, and flex the wrist. For many people, a thin cord jumps into ...

Your bone structure sets a ceiling on muscle growth – here's what that means for your training

MRI data shows skeletal frame size predicts muscle potential better than height, weight or BMI ...
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Dissecting the Structure of Cardiac Muscle to Understand Myopathies

There are three types of muscle tissue in the human body including cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle fibers are those which are attached to the skeleton. They are ...
Phys.org

Japanese researchers build robot with most humanlike muscle-skeleton structure yet (w/ video)

(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Tokyo have taken another step towards creating a robot with a faithfully recreated human skeleton and muscle structure. Called Kenshiro, the robot has been ...
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The Brookbush Institute Enhances Physiology Education with an Update to the Course 'Muscle Cell Structure and Function'

- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...
Science Daily

Atomic structure of key muscle component revealed

Adding to the growing fundamental understanding of the machinery of muscle cells, a group of biophysicists describe -- in minute detail -- how actin filaments are stabilized at one of their ends to ...