Even though they are made of smooth muscle fibers, byssal muscles share some of the same characteristics as vertebrate skeletal muscle. Byssal muscles show individual muscle twitches, mechanical summation, and tetanus. In this experiment, students will record the phasic and tonic responses of a byssal muscle to individual See other popular invertebrate labs from iWorx Earthworm Smooth Muscle Contractions Cockroach Leg Mechanoreceptors Action Potentials in Earthworm See iWorx complete course catalog
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