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Large and powerful muscles of the trunk often times attach to very smooth and small

surfaces of the bones.
True or false

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false

Muscle is not attached directly to bone by the contractile muscle fibers - various wrappings of connective tissues extend beyond the ends of the muscle fibers to connect with the periosteum of the bone:

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