Muscles Equine Flashcards
1
Q
How should we view muscles?
A
In a 3D form
2
Q
Fusiform is what form of muscle?
A
It resembles a spindle
3
Q
Digastric is what form of muscle
A
Muscle that lowers the jaw
4
Q
Tricipital is what form of muscle?
A
A muscle with three tendons of origin (end of a muscle that is closest to the body) and a single common insertion
5
Q
Triangular muscle is what form?
A
Resembling a triangle
6
Q
Unipennate is what form of muscle?
A
A muscles whos fibers converge on only one side of the tendon
7
Q
Bipennate
A
A muscle in which the fibers converge toward the central tendon.
8
Q
Multipennate
A
A muscle with several tendons of origin and several tendons of insertion in which fibers pass obliquely from a tendon of origin to a tendon of insertion on each side.
