• michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      No hydraulic would imply using fluid pressure to effect work whereas we use electricity to contract and relax muscle fibers

      • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10 hours ago

        While muscle contraction is triggered electrically (or electrolytically, considering the role that ions play in action potentials) the physical force of the contraction is generated by a mechanochemical process.