Muscle tension reaches bone through the periosteum and the:

1. Tension passes out through the connective layers. 2. One structure joins muscle to bone. 3. Tension is transferred through the mysia, to the tendon, and then to the periosteum to pull on the bone. 4. So the answer is the tendon. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 10 'Muscle Tissue'_