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Energy in the Form of ATP Is Essential to the Contractile

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Energy in the form of ATP is essential to the contractile process. Describe the cellular sources of energy for skeletal muscle fibers and how those energy sources play a role maintaining muscle activity at low -and high -intensities of activity.


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Parietal Pleura

The outer layer of the pleura that lines the inner wall of the thoracic cavity.

Visceral Pleura

A thin membrane that closely covers the lungs' outer surface, part of the double-layered pleura of the thoracic cavity.

Parietal Peritoneum

The outer layer of the peritoneum that lines the abdominal wall.

Parietal Pericardium

The outer fibrous layer of the pericardium, which surrounds the heart and roots of its major blood vessels.

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