Assertion: muscle fiber | /r/HasProperty | venter
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text: A primary tissue, consisting predominantly of highly specialized contractile cells, which may be classified as skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, or smooth muscle; microscopically, the latter is lacking in transverse striations characteristic of the other two types; one of the contractile organs of the body by which movements of the various organs and parts are effected; typical muscle is a mass of muscle fibers (venter or belly), attached at each extremity, by means of a tendon, to a bone or other structure; the more proximal or more fixed attachment is called the, the more distal or more movable attachment is thethe narrowing part of the belly that is attached to the tendon of origin is called theorSynonym(s): musculus