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Muscle Energy
Muscle Energy (Human Nutrition · The Muscular System) — "Muscle contraction relies on energy delivery to the muscle. Each movement uses up cellular energy, and…
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- Muscle contraction depends on energy delivery to the muscle.
- Each movement consumes cellular energy.
- Without an adequate energy supply, muscle function suffers.
- Muscles can store energy from glucose as glycogen.
- This glycogen-storage ability is shared with the liver.
- Muscle glycogen is used differently from liver glycogen.
- Muscles use all of their own stored energy.
- Muscles do not export their stored energy to other organs.