Muscles Flashcards
Name the “breast/chest” muscle
P-ec-t-o-r-a-l-i-s
Internal Oblique
Runs 2 right angles to those of the external obliqes
Start at iliac go up to last 3 ribs
same function as rectgus abdominus

Sartorius
Weak thigh flexor, Tailor’s muscle b/x helps w/ vross-legges positiong
Origin: Pelvis
Insertion: Tibia

Pectoralis Major forms the…
Part of upper skeleton (anterior axilla) adduvts and flexes arm
Oblique fiber direction
Muscle fibers run on a diaginal
Forms “The V”

Function of muscular system
Holds body erect
MAkes movement possible
Movement aids blood flow through viens back to the heart
3 types
NAme and spell

O-r-b-i-c-u-l-a-r-i-s
o-r-i-s
Spell the word that means:
By tib. & on lateral part of leg
Help plantar flexion & evert foot
P-e-r-o-n-e-u-s
REctus fiber direction
Straight, upright, vetical fibers
What type of diber direction is this
Transverse
Trunk and neck mucles help…
move head, neck, shoulder girlde
move spinal column, ribs, head, arms
form ab. wall structure
Smooth Muscle ex
Digestive Tract
Ducts leading from glands
Bronchi of the lungs

Hamstring Group
Posterior
flex @ back of the knee

Smooth Muscles Actions
Produce slow contrations
(Food moving through digestive tract)
When SCM contract the neck ____ the ___
When SCM contract, the neck flexes the head
aka prayer muscle
ADL stands for
At daily living
Pectoralis Major
Fan shapped muscle covering upper part of chest starts @ shoulder girdle, and 1st six ribs, inserts @ proximal end of humerus
Gastrocnemius
Attaches to bone by achilles tendon, prime mover for plantar flexion often called to dancers muscle
if cut hard to walk, and foot drags

TRansverese Fibers look like….
Crosswire, horozonotal lines

Quadriceps Group
Origin: Pelvis & femur
Insertion: Tibia by patellar tendon
together helps extend knee(kick), flex hip, can be used 4 injections especially in infants w poor development gluteus muscle
Spell the word that means:Delicate connective tissue that surrounds/encases each muscle fiber
E-n-d-o-m-y-s-i-u-m
Endomysium
Delicate connective tissue that surrounds/encases each muscle fiber

Name and spell this facial muscle

B-u-c-c-i-n-a-t-o-r

Whats Aponeuroses
Helps muscles attatch to other muscle; sheet like



































