This video describes the types of skeletal muscles and terms used in naming skeletal muscles This arrangement is referred to as multipennate. The most common patterns of fascicle arrangement are circular, parallel, convergent, and pennate. Fascicle Arrangement Pennate Muscles Form an angle with the tendon Do not move as far as parallel muscles Contain more myofibrils than parallel muscles Develop more tension than parallel muscles. In some pennate muscles, the muscle fibers wrap around the tendon, sometimes forming individual fascicles in the process. When the One is the arrangement of the fascicles in the skeletal muscle. In a pennate muscle the tendon runs through the length of the muscle, with the fascicles attaching at an angle. Determination of fascicle length and pennation in a contracting human muscle in vivo.J. Physiol. Fascicles can be parallel, circular, convergent, pennate, fusiform, or triangular. In some pennate muscles, the muscle fibers wrap around the tendon, sometimes forming individual fascicles in the process. A common example is the deltoid muscle of the shoulder, which covers the shoulder but has a single tendon that inserts on the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus. Fascicle Arrangement [INSERT FIG. A common example is the deltoid muscle of the shoulder, which covers the shoulder but has a single tendon that inserts on the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus. muscle origin is broad, and fascicles converge toward a tendon of insertion: Term. Key Terms With contraction, the opening becomes smaller. 82(1): 354358, 1997.We have developed a technique to determine fascicle length in human vastus lateralis muscle in vivo by using ultrasonography. fascicles are short and attach obliquely to tendon that runs entire length of muscle: Term. Sphincter muscles are characterized by a circular arrangement of fascicles around an opening. Fascicle arrangement: Convergent: Definition. Pennate It has been suggested that loss of muscle fibre diameter may cause contracture in pennate muscles, through shortening of the aponeuroses.A recent study, using ultrasound imaging to examine the architecture of medial Fascicle arrangement: Pennate: Definition. Several factors contribute to the force generated by a skeletal muscle. BM Haas, F Jones, in Physical Management in Neurological Rehabilitation (Second Edition), 2004. In a unipennate pattern, the muscle resembles one half of a feather (the tendon is represented by the shaft of the feather). Appl. This arrangement is referred to as multipennate. Possible effect of strength training on muscle length. 11-1 Fascicle Arrangement Pennate Muscles Form an angle with the tendon Do not move as far as parallel muscles Contain more myofibrils than parallel muscles Develop more tension than parallel muscles Pennate fascicles are short and attach obliquely to a long tendon that extends across the entire muscle. 11.1c, d, e] Fascicle Arrangement Arrangement of Fascicles. Each arrangement has its own range of motion and ability to do work. Fukunaga, Tetsuo, Yoshiho Ichinose, Masamitsu Ito, Yasuo Kawakami, and Senshi Fukashiro. All skeletal muscle is made up of fascicles (bundles of fiber), but fascicle arrangements vary considerably, resulting in muscles with different shapes and functional capabilities.