1. Locomotion and Digestion
... collagen acts to spread the stress over many crystals, making bones more resistant to fracture than hydroxypatite is by itself. Bones are dynamic, living tissue that is constantly reconstructed throughout life of an organism. New bone is formed by osteoblasts, cells that secrete the collagen fibers on which calcium phosphate is later deposited. After the calcium phosphate is deposited, those cells are ... bands. The myosin heads extend toward the surrounding thing filaments in this region. When a skeletal muscle is at rest, the myosin heads function as enzymes, cleaving ATP into ADP and...
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