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Muscle
Category: Exercise
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muscle (from latin musculus "little mouse"  is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. it is cl****ified as skeletal, cardiac, or smooth muscle, and its function is to produce force and cause motion, either ****omotion or movement within internal organs. Most muscle contractions occur without conscious thought and is necessary for survival, like the contraction of the heart, or peristalsis (which pushes food through the ...

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