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| Skeletal muscle enables the voluntary movement of bones. Skeletal muscle consists of densely packed groups of elongated cells known as muscle fibers. Within these fibers, the alternation of thick and thin myofilaments gives skeletal muscles a striated, or striped, appearance. | ||||||
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| Muscle; Anatomy | ||||||
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