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How skeletal muscles work

From molecules to movement

Movement of an arm or leg during walking, running, jumping or throwing is such a common and easy process that we hardly give any thought to how it works. It all depends on two proteins, actin and myosin, and the way in which they are arranged in the muscle fibre.

ROGER HARRIS/SPL

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