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Relaxed skeletal muscle showing sarcomeres & nucleus

Cardiac muscle stained for mitochondria. Mitochondria provide the energy to power contraction of the muscle.

Calcium changes, Drosophila development movie.

Muscle biopsy showing ringed fibres

Sarcomeres in myofibrils of relaxed skeletal muscle

Movie of beating heart muscle from stem cells

Drosophila development, effect of heparin

Drosophila development, effect of heparin movie

Muscle biopsy showing individual fibre- TS

Motor end plate

Muscle biopsy showing ringed fibres - HP

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Contraction

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Images referencing Contraction

Works from the collections

Muscle biopsy showing ringed fibres

Muscle biopsy showing individual fibre- TS

Drosophila development, effect of heparin movie

Sarcomeres in myofibrils of relaxed skeletal muscle

Motor end plate

Contraction

Images from the collections

Images referencing Contraction

Works from the collections

Muscle biopsy showing ringed fibres

Muscle biopsy showing individual fibre- TS

Drosophila development, effect of heparin movie

Sarcomeres in myofibrils of relaxed skeletal muscle

Motor end plate

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