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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...

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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 muscle that attaches only at the end?

The Tongue


What is the name for a muscle attached at only one end?

A muscle attached at only one end is called unipennate muscle. It has a single tendon and its muscle fibers run diagonally to the tendon.


What muscle in mammals is connected on only one end?

The tongue


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.


Where is muscle attached to bone?

muscle attaches to bone by a tendon. muscle is attached to an immovable bone, this is called orgin, and the other end of the muscle is attached to a movable bone. this is called insertion.


What is the relationship between origin insertion and action of the skeletal muscles?

The end of the muscle that is attached to the stationary bone is the point of origin. The muscle end that is attached to the moving bone is the point of insertion, and the action is what the muscle actually does.


What is the name of the end of a muscle attached to the bone?

muscles connect to ligaments connect to bones!


Does the end of the muscle attached to the bone that moves least is the origin of that muscle?

they dont u retard


What is the end of the muscle that is attached to the movable bone and moves when a skeletal muscle contracts?

Insertion point, which most probably is a tendon.


Can you dislocate a muscle?

No, a dislocation only occurs when a joint is separated from other bones that were attached to it. When you dislocate your shoulder the ball end of your humerus is outside of your shoulder's socket.


The end of the muscle that is attached by means of a tendon to the movable bone and is opposite to the origin?

Insertion