Skeletal muscle. Digitally enhanced light micrograph of a thin section through a muscle, stained for elastic tissue. This is skeletal muscle, with the

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Skeletal muscle. Digitally enhanced light micrograph of a thin section through a muscle, stained for elastic tissue. This is skeletal muscle, with the structure of the parallel strands of muscle fibres seen in cross-section here, forming bundles called fascicles surrounded by perimysium. Skeletal muscle is responsible for voluntary muscle movement in the body, including the leg and arm muscles.

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Photo credit: © JOHN GRIFFIN, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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