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Record 1 2022-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
insertio
Latin
origo
avoid, Latin, see observation
CONT

A skeletal muscle attaches to bone (or sometimes other muscles or tissues) at two or more places. If the place is a bone that remains immobile for an action, the attachment is called an origin. If the place is on the bone that moves during the action, the attachment is called an insertion.

OBS

insertion; origin; origo: The Latin word "insertio" means attachment. The terms insertion and "origo"/origin have not been used as they change with function.

OBS

attachment; insertio: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
insertio
Latin
origo
avoid, Latin, see observation
CONT

Les sites de fixation des muscles sont souvent appelés origine ou insertion; l'origine est d'habitude l'extrémité proximale du muscle qui reste fixe lors de la contraction musculaire, tandis que l'insertion est d'habitude l'extrémité distale qui est mobile.

OBS

insertio : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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