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What is another name for bowed tendon?
Another name for bowed tendon is a tendonitis or tendon strain.
The strongest tendon in the foot ankle or lower leg?
The tendon on the ankle is called the Peroneal tendon.
What is the name of a tendon that starts with the letter a?
Achilles tendon
What do the tendons look like and what is their function?
Tendons look like yellow to white and is shiny. Muscle gradually becomes tendon, specially at insertion site and on many occasion from origin also. It is made of collagen fibres and they are very stong. As strong as steel wires weight for weight. There function is to transmit the the pull of muscles as they contract. Tendons are nonelastic in nature. Tendo achillis is the probably the strongest tendon in body after tendon of quadriceps femoris muscle. Most beautiful tendons are cordae tendinae in papillory muscles of ventricles of heart.
How would one cause injury to their achilles tendon?
The achilles tendon is a tendon located in the back of one's leg. This tendon can be injured by inappropriate use from running, jumping, and climbing.
Can a tight tendon snap?
Yes. And it can be very painful when it rips off its attachment site. Two common tendon strains occur at the Achilles tendon at the calcareous insertion, and also the quadriceps insertion on the tibial tuberosity.
The insertion tendon of the group contains a large sesamoid bone?
The insertion tendon that contains a large sesamoid bone is the patella. Some people refer to the patella as the knee cap.
The insertion tendon of what muscle group contains the patella?
quadriceps :)
What is the difference between tendons of insertion and tendons of origin?
difference between the origin bendon and the insertion tendon
What insertion tendon of what group contains a patella?
The quadriceps muscle goes over the patella. The patella is encased in the quadriceps tendon. This tendon inserts on the tibia at the tibial tuberosity. Other muscles from the thigh have tendons which go underneath the patella.
The end of the muscle that is attached by means of a tendon to the movable bone and is opposite to the origin?
Insertion
The end of the muscle that is attached by means of a tendon to the movable bone and opposite to the origin?
INSERTION
The point of attachment of a muscle by means of a tendon to the stationary bone is called?
insertion
A bone imbedded in a tendon is called what bone?
Bones are not imbedded in tendons. Tendons attach to the bone from a muscle. The point at which a tendon attaches to a bone is called the 'insertion point'.
What is the stationary end when a muscle contracts?
A muscle attaches to a bone at two points the origin and insertion. The origin is the immovable (stationary) point. The insertion is the movable point. The insertion always moves towards the origin.Fibrous joint? The definition: consists of two bones that are united by fibrous tissue and exhibit little or no movement.
Which of these phrases most aptly describes muscle insertion?
The phrase tendon attachment that moves most aptly describes muscle insertion. The trapezius muscle inserts on the acromion and scapular.
Insertion site for the biceps brachii?
It inserts, by means of a tendon, into radial tuberosity on the radius. And then by an aponeurosis, bicipital aponeurosis, which ‎‏fuses‏ ‏with the adjoining deep fascia.
