Unipennate muscle
| Unipennate muscle |
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| A, fusiform; B, unipennate; C, bipennate; P.C.S., physiological cross-section. |
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musculus semipennatus, musculus unipennatus |
| Gray's |
subject #102 361 |
In some muscles (e. g. the peronei) the fibers are, like the plumes of a quill pen, to one side of a tendon, which runs the entire length of the muscle; such muscles are termed unipennate.
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