How Muscles Are Named

Question 1

The movements of skeletal muscle are made possible by

Answer 1

Two points of attachment which are known as the origin and insertion, and some muscles are also named for these points.

Question 2

The origin is where …

Answer 2

The muscle begins, and it is located nearest the midline of the body or on a less movable part of the skeleton.

Question 3

The _________ is the less moveable attachment.

Answer 3

Origin

Question 4

The insertion is where

Answer 4

The muscle ends by attaching to a bone or tendon.

Question 5

In contrast to the origin, the insertion is the more

Answer 5

Moveable attachment, and it is the farthest point from the midline of the body.

Question 6

The Sternocleidomastoid muscle

Answer 6

Helps bend the neck and rotate the head.

Question 7

Sternocleidomastoid muscle is named for its

Answer 7

Two points of origin, which are stern/o, meaning breastbone, and cleid/o, meaning collar bone

Question 8

The mastoid muscle inserts at

Answer 8

One point of insertion into the mastoid process. (This is part of the temporal bone that’s located just behind the ear).