Different Forms of Internal Structure of Skeletal Muscle
Unipennate Muscles
The muscle in which the tendon lies along one side of the muscle and the muscle fiber pass
obliquely to it. Example: Extensor digitorum longus.
Bipennate Muscle
The muscle in which the tendon lie in the center of the muscle and the muscle fibers pass to
it from two sides. Example: Rectus femoris.
Multipennate Muscle
The muscle arranged as a series of bipennate muscles lying alongside one another. Example:
deltoid (acromial fibers).
Circumpennate
The tendon lying within the center and the muscle fibers passing to it from all side.
Example: Tibialis anterior.