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Skeletal Muscle is a type of striated muscle that is attached to the skeleton. Main function is to facilitate movement Does this through contractions Large bulk of cytoplasmic volume is occupied by the contractile protein fibrils actin and myosin
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Skeletal Muscle is a type of striated muscle that is attached to the skeleton. • Main function is to facilitate movement • Does this through contractions • Large bulk of cytoplasmic volume is occupied by the contractile protein fibrils actin and myosin • Multinucleated syncytium formed by smaller muscle cells. • Mitochondrion are more prominent in skeletal muscle cells • Mitochondrion create needed energy for cells in which primary job is movement Skeletal Muscle