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muscular system
naming skeletal muscles and where there located
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
11/06/2009

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Muscle Fiber Directions

Definition

muscles: some named for imaginary lines.

            : muscle fibers run parallel to that line are called rectus.

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Muscle Size

Definition

Terms often used in naming muscles

(maximus-largest, minimus-smallest, longus-long and brevis-short)

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Muscle Location

Definition

some are named for bone association

(frontalis muscle overlies frontal bone)

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Origin Number

Definition

Biceps, triceps or quadriceps forms part of muscle name- 2,3or 4 origins

(biceps muscle of the arm has two heads, or origins)

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Muscle's Location of the Origin and Insertion

Definition
(sternocleidomastoid muscle-origin on sternum [sterno] and clavicle [cleido], and inserts on mastoid process of temporal bone)
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Muscle Shape

Definition
(Deltoid muscle is triangular and the trapezius muscle resembles a trapezoid) [deltoid=triangle]
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Muscle Action

Definition
(all adducter muscles of the anterior thigh bring about adduction, all extensor muscles of the wrist extend the wrist.)
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