List and summarize the five patterns of fascicles seen in skeletal muscles

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The five fascicle patterns are parallel, convergent, pennate, spiral, and fusiform. A parallel muscle has evenly spaced fascicles attaching to a tendon that is about the same width as the muscle. A convergent muscle is a broad muscle that uniformly tapers to a single tendon. A pennate muscle has fibers and fascicles that attach to a tendon at an angle in such a way that it resembles a feather. A spiral muscle may wrap around a bone or have the twisted appearance of towel wrung out to dry. Fusiform muscles tend to be thicker in their belly and tapered at their ends.

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