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Fibers run parallel and attach to a central tendon |
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Fibers run obliquely towards central tendon |
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What type of muscle is flexor pollicus longus? |
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Unipennate-Arranged on one side of the tendon |
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What type of muscle is the rectus femoris? |
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Bipennate- arranged on both side of the tendon |
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Angle of orientation between muscle fibers and the tendon |
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If fibers are parallel to the tendon, what is the angle defined as? |
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If the fibers are oblique to tendon, less force is transmitted through the |
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Just under the dermis Contributes to mobility of the skin Insulates |
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Compacted, arranged collagen fibers Attachs to muscle/bones Forms tracts/bands and retinacula |
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Deep fasciae EX- IT band, extensor retinaculum |
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Muscle reaches a point where it cannot shorten anymore |
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Muscle cannot elongate any farther without damaging fibers |
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Force production w/o significant length change |
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Velocity of muscle contraction is a function of the |
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Thousands in each skeletal muscles |
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Groups of muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue |
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membrane of the muscle cell which surrounds a muscle fiber |
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