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What is at the end of a muscle where the connective tissue layers merge?
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A fibrous, cordlike "tendon", which typically attaches to bone
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What is aponeurosis?
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A thin, flattened sheet formed by the tendon
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What is a thin, flattened sheet formed by a tendon called?
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Aponeruosis
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What is tendonitis?
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Inflammation of either a tendon or a synovial sheath surrounding the tendon. Results from overuse of the tendon.
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What happens to tendons as a person ages?
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Causes a persons tendons to lose their elasticity and ability to glide smoothly.
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What is thought to be instrumental in developing age-related tendonitis?
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Loss of elasticity and ability to glide smoothly. the same inflammatory process that damages the articular joints can injure the synovial sheaths of the tendons.
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What is the less moveable attachment of muscle called?
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Origin
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Where do muscles attach?
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Origin because it is most stable, least movable
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In the limbs, where does the origin typically lie
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Proximal to the insertion
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What is the more moveable attachment of a muscle called?
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Insertion
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