10.2: Interactions of Skeletal Muscles, Their Fascicle Arrangement…
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WEBMay 18, 2021 · Pennate muscles (penna = “feathers”) blend into a tendon that runs through the central region of the muscle for its whole length, somewhat like the quill of a feather with the muscle arranged similar to the feathers. Due to this design, the muscle fibers in a pennate muscle can only pull at an angle, and as a result, contracting pennate ...
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