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Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 4SQ
The _____ is the basic unit of muscle contraction.
- a. myofibril
- b. sarcomere
- c. muscle fiber
- d. myosin filament
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