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pennate

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pennate [′pe‚nāt]
(biology)
Wing-shaped.
Having wings.
Having feathers.


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Existing on the Property is a major fault system trending NNE parallel to the general trend of the Blanice Graben with a conjugate system trended E-W and N-W interpreted as pennate faults (feather tension faults) of the Blanice graben.
The gastrocnemius muscle, with its pennate fiber arrangement and powerful, fatigable motor units, is designed to do just the opposite: provide powerful, fast contractions with less endurance, and over a shorter range of lengths.
 
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