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obliquely striated muscle
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arrangement of filaments
- In muscle: Diversity of muscle
…bands as in Figure 2; obliquely striated muscle, in which the filaments are staggered, making the bands oblique (Figure 3); and smooth muscle, in which the filaments are arranged irregularly. In vertebrates, all voluntary muscles are striated, and all involuntary muscles are smooth, except for cardiac muscle, which is involuntary…
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place in eye anatomy
- In human eye: Extraocular muscles
…recti—and the superior and inferior oblique muscles. The rectus muscles arise from a fibrous ring that encircles the optic nerve at the optic foramen, the opening through which the nerve passes, and are attached to the sclera, the opaque portion of the eyeball, in front of the equator, or widest…
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