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Muscle-tendon junction

muscle-tendon junction --> muscle-tendon attachment

The union of a muscle and tendon fibre in which sarcolemma intervenes between the two; the end of the muscle fibre may be rounded, conical, or tapered.

Synonym: muscle-tendon junction.


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