MUSCLE
SKELETAL MUSCLE
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Question
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Muscle is attached to bone by a connective tissue called a ____
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tendon
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ligament
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joint
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cartilage
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone. Tendons may also attach muscles to structures such as the eyeball. A tendon serves to move the bone or structure.
Detailed explanation-2: -Myotendinous junction. The junction that connects muscles to tendon cells. It is composed of ECM components, secreted into the space between the two cell types, that bind to integrin receptors on these cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -The tendon is attached to the bone by collagenous fibres (Sharpey fibres) that continue into the matrix of the bone.
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