How Muscles Are Named

Question 1

How are muscles named? (6)

Answer 1

1. For their origin and insertion
2. For their actions
3. Location
4. Fiber direction
5. Number or division
6. Their size and shape

Question 2

Origin
Insertion
(pertaining to muscle)

Answer 2

Where muscle begins

Where the muscle ends by attaching to a bone or tendon

Question 3

Muscles named for their actions

Answer 3

such as flexion and extension (muscles that make it possible to flex and extend parts of the body)

Question 4

Muscles named for their location

Answer 4

named for the location of the body or organs they are near

Question 5

Muscles named for their size or shape

Answer 5

named b/c they are broad or narrow , or large or small