| Bipennate muscle |
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| A, fusiform; B, unipennate; C, bipennate; P.C.S., physiological cross-section. |
| Latin |
musculus pennatus, musculus bipennatus |
| Gray's |
subject #102 361 |
A modification of the unipennate condition is found where oblique fibers converge to both sides of a central tendon; these are called bipennate, and an example is afforded in the rectus femoris.
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