How Long It Took: 12 years, or 3 particularly embarrassing growth spurts. Why It Took So Long: Director Richard Linklater wanted to capture the process of growing up in a way that was true to life, so he brought a group of actors together for a week every year for twelve years in order to chart Mason's (Ellar Coltrane) life from age 6 to 18.
Fusiform muscle. Definition. noun. A muscle that has a shape of spindle, which is being wider in the middle and narrowing towards both ends. Supplement. Example of fusiform muscle is the biceps brachii.Fusiform muscles are arranged in a strap-like fashion to provide the greatest degree of shortening, thus, enabling the muscle to produce quick and wide range of motion. However, compared with penniform muscle, they are not a very powerful type of muscle. muscle that has a shape of spindle, which is being wider in the middle and narrowing towards both ends. Supplement. Example of fusiform muscle is the biceps brachii.
2. Parallel Muscles. -functionally characteristics most closely resemble those of its muscle fiber. -most muscles in the body are parallel muscles. ex: rectus femoris, extensor digitorium longus, and deltoid. 3. Pennate Muscles. -skeletal muscles in which the fascicles form a common angle with the tendon. 4.functionally characteristics most closely resemble those of its muscle fiber. -most muscles in the body are parallel muscles. ex: rectus femoris, extensor digitorium longus, and deltoid.