Fusiform muscle

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Fusiform muscle

Different skeletal muscle types: A: fusiform. B: unipennate. C: bipennate. (P.C.S., physiological cross-section)
Latin	Musculus fusiformis
Gray's	subject #102 361

Some muscles (e. g. the pronator teres muscle that pronates the forearm), in which the fibres run parallel along the length of the muscle, are termed fusiform.

References

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

External links

fusiform at eMedicine Dictionary

Muscular system (TA A04.0, GA 4.361)

Topics

Muscular tissue
Muscles of the human body

Types of muscles

Cardiac muscle
Skeletal muscle
Smooth muscle

Other

Fusiform muscle
Unipennate muscle
Bipennate muscle
Origin
Insertion
Fascia (Superficial fascia, Deep fascia, Visceral fascia)
Tendon/Aponeurosis
Fascial compartment

M: MUS, DF+DRCT

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noco (m, s, c)/cong (d)/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

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