Ch 13 vocab. Word Scramble
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flat, wide, white sheet of fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to bone or other structure | aponeurosis |
area of greatest mass, usually the center of the muscle midway between the origin and insertion | belly of the muscle |
sac of synovial membrane that contains synovial fluid. it decreases friction where a tendon rubs against a bone near a synovial joint | bursa |
thin connective tissue sheet around each muscle fascicle and around the muscle itself. it merges to become part of a tendon | fascia |
where the tendon of a muscle ends on a bone that moves as the muscle contracts or relaxes | insertion |
where the tendon of a muscle begins and is attached to a stationary or nearly stationary bone | origin |
thin, nearly translucent band of fibrous tissue and fascia that holds down tendons that cross the wrist and ankle | retinaculum |
cordlike white band of nonelastic fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone | tendon |
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