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What is a aponeurosis?
a flat sheet or ribbon of tendonlike material that anchors a muscle or connects it with the part that the muscle moves. Basically a tendon that connects a muscle to a bone or another muscle.
Compare a ligament with a tendon?
Ligaments connect a bone to a bone, or part of a bone to part of a bone, meanwhile tendons connect muscle to a bone.
What muscle connects the sternum to the zygomatic arch?
There is no muscle that connects the sternum to the zygomatic arch. The zygomatic arch is a part of the zygoma, a facial bone. The sternum is in the chest.
What connnects muscle to bone?
tendon is the part of the muscle that connects directly to the bone. A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments and fasciae; all three are made of collagen.
What part of a muscle is usually attached to a fixed location?
A muscle insertion is the end of a muscle attached to the free-moving bone of its joint. A muscle origin is the end of the muscle attached to the relatively fixed bone of the joint.
What part of the muscle attaches the muscle to the bone?
bones
What is origin of a muscle?
Movement happens at joints, with one bone of the joint moving freely while the other remains relatively stationary.Muscles are power engines for movement; they attach to bone on either end, crossing the joint as they do.The part of the muscle located between 2 ends is known as the belly of the muscle.All of this is significant because the size, direction and shape of the muscle and muscle attachments are part of what determines the range of motion of the joint, and therefore flexibility.
What part of the skeleton is a ball and socket joint?
The hip bone and the shoulder bone its the knee bone joint
What are the bony landmarks of the clavicle?
AC joint (Acromion Joint) SC Joint (SternoClavicle Joint)
What is the definition of tendon?
Dense regularly arranged connective tissue that connects muscles to bone. A cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part.
What part of the body is attached to the muscle?
bone
What is the part of a muscle which attaches to a bone?
The ligament
