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How similar is a human skeletal muscle to a spring?

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This is an analogy to understand muscle function. Muscle has contractile proteins - actin and myosin - that help it generate force for contraction. In addition to that it has other proteins like titin and connective tissue that give it elasticity. Hence the comparison to a spring. read more

We then spring into action. Tendons are similar to steel springs that store energy and return energy, (not produce energy) and once stretched propel us forward. Like all biological tissue tendons can be stretched. When stretch occurs the tissue resists and exerts an elastic force on the skeletal system. read more

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