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Muscle Contraction Animation and Video

Topics Covered: How muscles contract, the sliding filament model of muscle contraction, flexors and extensors, the biceps and triceps as models of flexors and extensors, muscle structure, the roles of actin, myosin, troponin, tropomyosin, and calcium in muscle contraction etc. 

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Muscle Contraction Animation and Explanation