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As usual in the other physico-mathematical sciences, we shall attempt to explain the science of the movement of the animals from observations and facts. Since the muscles are the principal organs of animal movement we shall at first consider their structure, their constitutive parts and their obvious actions.
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Borelli, G.A. (1989). Description and function of the muscle. In: On the Movement of Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73812-8_5
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