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What if a bone had only one muscle attached to it?
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.
Is their a bone in your tongue?
No, there is no bone in your tongue. The tongue is a muscle, and only a muscle.
What Bone is attached to neck and tongue muscle?
I believe you are talking about the hyoid bone. It's the only bone in the body not directly connected to another bone. It is instead attached to ligaments and muscles.
Which muscles are not attached to the bones?
There are two: the incus and the talus (or four if you count two on each side of the body). The incus is a middle ear bone. The other two middle ear bones, the stapes and malleus, have attachments with the Stapedius and Tensor Tympani muscles respectively. The Talus, which is in the foot, also has no muscle attachments.
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.
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.
How muscle are connected to the bone?
Only skeletal muscles are connected to bones. They don't attach directly to the bones, but are attached by tendons that emerge at the ends of the muscle groups or individual muscles. Smooth muscles are organ muscles, and cardiac muscle is specialized conductive muscle of the heart. Answer courtesy of gallop
What quadriceps muscles are attached to?
Quadriceps muscles are attached to the tibia via patella. Patella is a sesamoid bone. On the other the three of the four muscles are attached to the femur bone. Rectus femoris is attached to the hip bone as well. So it can act on hip bone also. Other way round it can take support of hip bone to act on tibia. Other three muscles are specially designed to act on tibia bone only. They are originated from femur bone.
How many bones are in a thigh?
The femur is the only bone running through the thigh muscle. It is the largest and strongest bone in the body.
What must a muscle do to move a bone?
the muscles are around or next to the bones, the contracting of muscles enables the bones to move. for example the muscles in your arm, when you move your arm up, the muscle underneath the bone contract (tighten) to push the bone upwards.
What is the only muscle attached at both ends?
With the exception of the tongue (the heart is a special case), all muscles are attached at both ends
