Morphological forms of muscle
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Fusiform | A muscle resembling a spindle |
| Digastris | A muscle that lowers the jaw |
| Tricipital | A muscle with three tendons of origin and a single, common insertion |
| Triangular | A muscle resembling a triangle |
| Unipennate | A muscle whose fibers converge on only one side of a tendon |
| Bipennate | A muscle in which the fibers converge toward a central tendon on both sides |
| Multipennate | A muscle with several tendons or origin and several tendons of insertion which fibers pass obliquely from a tendon on origin to a tendon of insertion on each side |
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