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Multipennate muscle

Definition

noun

A type of pennate muscle wherein the diagonal muscle fibers are in multiple rows with the central tendon branching into two or more tendons.


Supplement

Example of multipennate muscle is deltoid muscle.


Synonym: musculus multipennatus

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... for as much of the following as possible for each individual skeletal muscle in the human anatomy: Language -origin -LOO definition Shape -Type of Shape (i.e., fusiform, pennate, bipennate, multipennate, convergent, parrellel etc) -Typical Angle(s) of pennation (if applicable) ...

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