The lateral __________ is a chewing muscle that depresses the mandible and moves it from side to side.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


pterygoid

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Describe the events that occur during each phase of a twitch in a stimulated muscle fiber

What will be an ideal response?

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_____ A codon specifies a maximum of one amino acid. _____ Some amino acids are specified by just one codon, whereas others are specified by multiple codons. _____ The limitations of the genetic code are such that a single amino acid may be specified by no more than four codons. _____ Because there are four RNA nucleotides and each codon is three nucleotides long, there are 64 possible codons, each of which directs the ribosome to incorporate a specific amino acid into a growing polypeptide chain.

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