Structures Of The Muscular System Flashcards
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Muscle fibers
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Long, slender cells that make up muscles
2
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Fascia
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Band of connective tissue that envelopes, separates, or binds together muscles or groups of muscles; flexible to allow movements
3
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Myofascial
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Pertaining to muscle tissue and fascia
4
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tendon
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Narrow band of nonelastic, dense, fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone
5
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Ligaments
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Bands of fibrous tissue that form joints by connecting one bone to another
6
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Aporneurosis
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Sheet-like fibrous connective tissue resembling a flattened tendon that connects muscles tgether or to a bone
