How Skeletal Muscles are named Flashcards
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Q
How are skeletal muscles named
A
- Action of muscle (flexion, extension)
- Direction of fibres (rectus, transverse)
- Location of muscle (anterior, posterior)
- Number of divisions/heads (2 or 3)
- Shape of muscles (ex. deltoid - resembling the greek letter delta)
- Muscle points of attachment (sternum, mastoid process, clavicle)
