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sion and the greater the heat production developed, i.e. we may assume that 

 increased length of muscle fibre increases the chemical changes, ensuing on 

 excitation, which are responsible both for the development of mechanical 

 energy and the production of heat. The significance of these results for the 

 essential nature of muscular contraction we shall discuss in a later chapter. 



