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Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Skeletons, Muscles, and Movement

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27.1: Activity: The human skeleton

Test your recall for figure 27.1 with this key figure labeling exercise.

27.2: Activity: The human knee

ThumbnailExplore how the human knee functions as an efficient shock absorber.

27.3: Tutorial: Contraction of the biceps muscle
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This tutorial reviews the microscopic structure of muscle.

27.4: Activity: Competing muscles
ThumbnailThis animation shows how muscles work in pairs.

27.5: Activity: Fast versus slow muscle fiber types

Test your understanding of the information presented in Table 27.5.

27.1: Process Animation: Competing Muscles
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