Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine, anatomy, zoology Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a
muscle , the parallelfibres of which attach to atendon at anacute angle (as a feather that is barbed on one side).
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
uni- + pennate
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word unipennate.
Examples
-
Thirdly, in some muscles (e. g., the Peronei) the fibers are oblique and converge, like the plumes of a quill pen, to one side of a tendon which runs the entire length of the muscle; such muscles are termed unipennate.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.