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  2. Muscle architecture - Wikipedia

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    Muscles that have fibers on two sides of a tendon are considered bipennate. [1] The stapedius in the middle ear of humans, as well as the rectus femoris of the quadriceps are examples of bipennate muscles.

  3. Pennate muscle - Wikipedia

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    Examples of this include certain muscles in the hand. If there are fascicles on both sides of the central tendon, the pennate muscle is called bipennate (Fig. 1B). The rectus femoris, a large muscle in the quadriceps, is typical.

  4. Anatomical terms of muscle - Wikipedia

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    For example, the pronator teres muscle of the forearm. Unipennate muscles have fibres that run the entire length of only one side of a muscle, like a quill pen. For example, the fibularis muscles. Bipennate muscles consist of two rows of oblique muscle fibres, facing in opposite diagonal directions, converging on a central tendon.

  5. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The muscle can be assumed to occur in both genders. This gender denomination should always be behind the number, not in front of it. TA The number of rows in the table for the relevant Terminologia Anatomica muscle. For example, TA splits the nasalis muscle into transverse and alar parts, so their TA column entries are 2.

  6. Lumbricals of the hand - Wikipedia

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    bipennate: One head originates on the radial side of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon corresponding to the ring finger, while the other originates on the ulnar side of the tendon for the middle finger. The muscle passes posteriorly along the radial side of the ring finger to insert on its extensor expansion. Fourth: bipennate

  7. BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say - AOL

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    For optimal health, he recommends that males aim for 50% skeletal muscle mass relative to total body weight and females target 45% — although other factors, like age and fitness levels, come ...

  8. Which Is More Important: Another Hour Of Sleep Or A Morning ...

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    During deep sleep, growth hormone production peaks, repairing muscle tissue damaged during exercise. At the same time, stress hormones like cortisol are balanced, and blood sugar levels are regulated.

  9. Dorsal interossei of the hand - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the dorsal interossei (DI) are four muscles in the back of the hand that act to abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring fingers away from the hand's midline (ray of middle finger) and assist in flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extension at the interphalangeal joints of the index, middle and ring fingers.