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muscles can only pull so a bone with only one muscle on it would be pulled to the extreme of the muscles contraction and stay there.
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How can tendons pull bone?
on one end of a tendon comes from the muscles while the other hand is attached to a bone,then it pulls
Is your tongue the only muscle that is attached on only one end?
Yes. The tongue is the only muscle in the entire human body that is only attached on one extremity. In that sense the tongue is more like a tentacle than a muscle...
Muscle attached only at one end?
The tongue, there is also suppose to be another tiny one but I cannot remember it.
What is the name for a muscle attached at only one end?
the answer is the tough or the penis
What dense connective tissue attaches muscle to bone?
Skeletal muscle is the type attached to bones.
A tendon attaches one bone to another?
No, a tendon attaches a muscle to bone. A ligament attaches a bone to another bone.
What bone is connecting the muscle to the bone?
There are several, the main one being the biceps brachii.
Are ligaments attach to only muscle bones?
Ligaments don't attach to muscles. They connect one bone to another.
What causes a joint to move?
Joints don't have the ability to move. Joints are where two or more bones meet. One end of muscle attaches to the bone and the other end of the muscle stretches cross the joint and attaches to the bone on the other side of the joint. Muscles work in pairs, so that when one muscle contracts (the only movement that muscle can make), the other of the pair relaxes which causes movement at the joint when the bone is pulled by the muscle.
Two ways muscles attach to bone?
I think you may be talking about origin and insertion points which are the two points of attachment for a muscle. The origin is attached to the immovable (or less movable) bone. The insertion is attached to the movable bone. The insertion always moves towards the origin.
Connective tissue that connects muscle to bone?
A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone or muscle to muscle and is designed to withstand tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments except that ligaments join one bone to another. Tendons and muscles work together and can only exert a pulling force.Better AnswerThe connective tissue that connects muscle and bone is called the Periosteum, which is the connective tissue covering of the Bone. The tendon is a middleman that connects the bone to the muscle. The tendon is continuous with the muscle via Epimysium, which the outer covering of the muscle.Muscle is attached to bone by tendons.
What connescts one bone to another?
Ligaments connect one bone to another in a joint. In contrast, tendons connect muscle to bone.
