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Consider two muscles of equal volume, one of which is parallel-fibered and the other is pennate:

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Parallel-fibered musclePennate muscle


For each of the following properties quantities in a typical Hill-type muscle model, which of the two muscles would have a larger parameter greater value and why?

(a) Number of sarcomeres in series

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