In a ________ muscle, the muscle fibers are based over a broad area, but all the fibers come together at a common attachment site.

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In a convergent muscle, the muscle fibers are based over a broad area and converge or come together at a common attachment site, like the pectoralis major muscle. Spiral muscles have fibers that wrap around a central axis, circular muscles form rings around an opening, multipennate muscles have multiple attachments and feather-like arrangements of fibers, and parallel muscles have fibers that run parallel to each other from origin to insertion.

In a ________ Muscle, the Muscle Fibers Are Based Over