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What are skeletal muscles often called?

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Skeletal muscles are often called striated muscles. The sarcomeres allow your muscle fibers to contract and slide across each other so that the muscle shortens. Skeletal muscles also have nerve fibers and blood vessels that bring in oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes.

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