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Muscle Contraction Overview Animation

This is an excellent video by the medical illustrators Graham Johnson and Quade Paul about how muscles work at a cellular and molecular level.
Movement process of arm muscle in contraction

If you’re interested in more detail about how muscles work at a cellular and molecular level, this is an excellent video by the medical illustrators Graham Johnson and Quade Paul.

This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube.

What is something that you took away from the visual animation that helped you understand how muscles work? Talk with your fellow learners in the comments about any curiosities the video instigated!

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