Muscle Names Flashcards

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naming of muscles

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  • origin (where muscle begins - least movable attachment)
  • insertion (where muscle ends - most movable attachment)
  • action - flexion or extension
  • location on body or organ it is near
  • fiber direction
  • number of divisions
  • size or shape
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muscles of the head (not shown)

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  • frontalis muscle is in the forehead, it raises and lowers the eyebrows
  • temporalis muscle moves lower jaw up and back to close the mouth
  • masseter muscle, moves lower jaw up to close the mouth when chewing
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muscles of the neck

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Sternocleidomastoid muscle helps bend the neck and rotate the head; names for two points of origin - the sternum (stern/o) and clavicle (cleid/o) and the point of insertion, the mastoid process

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muscles of the abdomen (named for fiber direction)

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  • rectus abdominis, fibers are in straight alignment with vertical plane of the body. “six pack muscle” lies beside midline
  • external oblique and internal oblique have slanted alignments (opposite directions from the other)
  • transverse abdominis has crosswise alignment
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muscle j

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quadriceps femoris

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muscle p

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trapezius

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muscle N

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pectoralis major

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