What is the difference between a muscle tendon and a muscle spindle?  Where are they found?
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A tendon conects the muscle to bone, though some muscles are directly attached to bone without a tendon connecting them. Ligaments are a simular tissue, but connect one bone to another.\nMuscle spindles are a sensory fibre in muscles that are trigered by muscular contraction.
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a muscle fiber found near the heart.\n\nA cylindrical multinucleated cell composed of myofibrils that contract when stimulated.
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some muscles especially the striated muscles are made up of two kinds of proteinaceous fibres known as Actin and Myosine. These fibres are contractile in nature and different in colour due to differential quantity of myoglobin ( a kind of pigment). Due to these pigments the striations appear in muscles.
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Ok, just from memory, some of the main muscles are:\nSerratus, trapezius, rhomboids, levator scapulae: these keep the scapula in place and rotate it.\nDeltoids, teres, part of the triceps: they move the humerus.\nSupraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis: these keep the humeral head in place and help move the humerus.\nThere are other muscles and some of the ones I mentioned may be differentiated into different parts.
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The term "double jointed" means having joints loose enough to snap in and out of regular position.  There is no difference in their bones, but in the tendons that connect, support and move those bones.
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It would depend on the muscle.  There are three types of muscle in the human body: (1) Skeletal muscle, which moves the bones; (2) smooth muscle, which surround organs and do not work under our conscious control, and (3) cardiac muscle, found only in the heart.  Both types (1) and (3) do have a special, distinct appearance under the microscope which will definitely distinguish it from brain tissue - it will have a stiped, zebra-like appearance (which in type (1) are actually named "Z-lines") due to how these types of muscle are constructed.  In type (3), which is also called myocardium, the striped appearance is due to these little disks that connect one heart muscle fiber to another, like a chain.\n\nThis is something that distinguishes muscles from almost anything else I've seen under a microscope.  So, look for the stripes!  I hope this helps.
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muscle = yes\nmuscle fiber = yes\nmyofibril = yes\nactin filaments = no\nmyosin filaments = no\nsarcomere = yes\nZ line = doesn't shorten...they get closer together (the two z lines get closer)\n\n\nI'm not sure this is all 100% correct...but I hope it helped a little.  You can check our the websites in my sources for more info
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Deltoid muscle connects to clavical and humerus\nbiceps brachii muscle connects to scapula and radius\ntriceps brachii muscle connects to scapula and humerus\nsartorius muscle connects to tibia\nRectus femoris connects to patella\nGluteus maximus connects to femur\nBiceps femoris connects to fibula\nGastrocnemius connects to femur\nPectoralis major connects to clavical\nTrapezius connects to clavical and scapula\nLatissimus dorsi connects to lower 3 and 4 ribs\n\nI dont know if this helps but it is all i can think of.
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Link 1 is the Google search of "largest muscle."\n\nLink 2 (found in Link 1) says "latissimus dorsi."\n\nLink 3 (found in Link 1) says "gluteus maximus." Most of the other links appear to agree with this.\n\nLink 4 says it's the heart.\n\nLink 5 is catbird's other question about this.
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You can tell the difference in skeletal (voluntary) muscle and cardiac muscle under the microscope.  Skeletal muscle has it's nuclei pushed out to the side of each myocyte, whereas cardial muscle has the nucleus in the center.  Both have striated cytoplasm.
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Ligaments ....they connect muscle to bone... and tendons are for muscle....
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Tendons join muscle to bone. They have tensile strenght, but very little elasticity.
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The posterior projection of a single vertebra is known as the spinous process. It is an attachment for various ligaments and muscles.
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I do not know alot about them, but I do know that spindle proteins are used in cell division to move the chromatids.\n\nSee http://www.scienceaid.co.uk/celldivision.html for more about cell division and spindle proteins.
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there are hundreds of muscles in the human body...what exactly are you looking for?
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Mostly, the protein called collagen.  Some elastin, too, but not a lot.\n\nCartilege is actually the stuff that "pads" the joints, and makes up the middle bit of your nose after the bone stops, and makes up your fingernails and toenails...  Not really a component of tendons and ligaments.\n\nChemically, tendons and ligaments are essentially identical; the difference is that a tendon connects bone and muscle; a ligament, muscle and muscle
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Some terms to help:\n\n"rectus" means "straight", so "rectus abdominus" are straight muscles in your abdomen, "rectus femoris" are straight muscles near your femur (upper leg).\n\nMany muscles are named for their shape:  "deltoid" is the triangular-shaped (like the Greek letter Delta) muscle on the shoulder.  The "trapezius" is the trapezoid-shaped muscle in your upper back and neck.\n\n"Latissiumus dorsi" muscles would be on your back (dorsal).\n\nSome muscles are named for the bones they attach to.  The "sternocleidomastoid" attaches from the sternum (breastbone) to the mastoid process of the jaw.\n\nJust a few examples to get you started.