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As a result of a brain injury, Marc has great difficulty producing any speech sounds. He speaks very slowly, with great effort, and his words are poorly articulated. He has suffered damage to


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Myofilaments

Protein filaments consisting of actin and myosin that are the primary components of muscle contraction.

Acetylcholine

A neurotransmitter in both the central and peripheral nervous systems that plays key roles in arousal, attention, memory, and muscle activation.

Neuromuscular Junction

A specialized synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber, through which signals are transmitted to initiate muscle contraction.

Neurotransmitter

Chemical stored at the ends of axons that is responsible for transmission across a synapse.

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