Muscle Fiber Architecture

• Fiber (Sarcomere) Architecture:
  • Parallel/Strap (sternocleidomastoid)
  • Fusiform (biceps brachii)
  • Pennate (Angle = 0o–30o)
    • Unipennate (tibialis anterior)
    • Bipennate (rectus femoris)
    • Multipennate (trapezius “complex”)

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