Muscle Names Flashcards by Kayla Izaguirre

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ADDUCTOR [LONG]US

A

[Long] bringer-in

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ADDUCTOR [MAG]NUS

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[Great] bringer-in

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BICEPS BRACHII

A

Two-headed arm

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BICEPS FEMORIS

A

Two-headed thigh

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BRACHIALS

A

Arm

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BRACHIORADIALIS

A

Arm & radius

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DELTOID

A

Triangle- like

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EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS [BREVIS]

A

[Short] wrist stretcher at the radius

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EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS LONGUS

A

Long wrist stretcher at the radius

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EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS

A

Wrist stretcher at ulna

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EXTENSOR DIGITORUM

A

Finger stretcher

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EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS

A

Toe stretcher

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EXTERNAL OBLIQUE

A

Outer slanted muscle

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FLEXOR CARPI [RADIAL]IS

A

Wrist bender at the radius

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FLEXOR CARPI [ULNA]RIS

A

Wrist bender at the ulna

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FLEXOR [DIGIT]ORUM SUPERFICIALIS

A

Superficial [finger] bender

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[GASTR]OCNEMIUS

A

[Belly] of the leg

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[GRAC]ILIS

A

Slender [“graceful”]

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ILIOPSOAS

A

Iliacus & psoas

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[LATISSI]MUS DORSI

A

[Very wide back]muscle

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[LEVATOR] SCAPULAE

A

Scapula [lifter]

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LUMBERICAL

A

Wormlike

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MASSETER

A

Chewer

*Think of “mastication”

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(ORBI)CULARIS [OCULI]

A

Little (circle) (around) the [eye]

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(ORBI)CULARIS [ORIS]

A

Little (circle) (around) the [mouth]

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PECTORALIS [MAJOR]

A

[Greater] chest muscle

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(QUAD)RICEPS [FEMOR]IS

A

(four)-headed [thigh/femur] muscle

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SARTORIUS

A

Tailor

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[SEMI]MEMBRANOSUS

A

[half] membrane

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SEMI[TENDI]NOSUS

A

Half [tendon]

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SERRATUS [ANTERIOR]

A

[front] saw-tooth

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[SOLE]US

A

[sole] of the foot

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[STERNO]CLEIDOMASTOID

A

[sternum]-clavicle-mastoid process

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[TEMPORAL]IS

A

[temple] of the head

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Extra Word:

FASCIA

A

tendon sheath

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[TERES] MAJOR

A

Greater [rounded] muscle

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TERES [MINOR]

A

[lesser] rounded muscle

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[TIBIA]LIS ANTERIOR

A

Front [shin]bone…. of the [tibia]

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TENSOR [FASCIA] LATAE

A

puller of the side bundle

[fascia = tendon sheath]

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TRAPEZIUS

A

Table- shaped

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TRI[CEPS] (BRACHII)

A

three- [head]ed (arm)

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[VAST]US (LATERAL)IS {QUADRICEPS}

A

[vast/ enormous] on-the-(side) {of the thigh}