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Naming Muscles Flashcards

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Muscle that opposes or resists movement.

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Antagonist

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Muscle that provides the majority of the force necessary to produce a movement.

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Prime Mover

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Muscle that helps the Prime Movers.

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Synergists

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Synergists that stabilize the origin.

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Fixator

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Ways to name skeletal muscles?

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1) Direction of Muscles
2) size of muscle
3) Number of origins
4) Shape of muscles
5) Location(s) of attachment
6) Action of muscle

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Example of…

Direction of muscle

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Abdominal Oblique

Rectus Femoris

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Example of…

Size of muscle

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Pectoralis Major

Gluteus Maximas

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Example of…

Location of Muscle

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Temporalis
Frontalis
Tibialis Anterior

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Example of…

Number of origin

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Biceps
Triceps
Quadriceps

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Example of…

Shape of muscle

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Deltoid

Trapezius

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Example of…

Location(s) of attachments

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Sternocleidomastoid

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Example of…

Action of muscle

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Extensor Digitorum Longus

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Arrangement of Fascicles

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1) Parallel
2) Fusiform
3) Pennate
4) Convergent
5) Circular

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Parallel Muscle

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Long axes of fascicles run parallel to the long axis of the muscle

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Fusiform Muscle

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Parallel fascicles that bulge in the middle producing a spindle shape muscle

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Types of Pennate Muscles

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1) Unipennate
2) Bipennate
3) Multipennate

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Pennate Muscle

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Short fascicles that attach obliquely to a central tendon

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Unipennate Muscle

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Attached to one side of a tendon

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Bipennate Muscle

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Attached to both sides of a tendon

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Multipennate Muscle

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2 or more Bipennate fascicle groups extending from one tendon

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Convergent Muscle

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Broad origin and fascicle come together into a single tendon producing a fan shape

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Circular Muscle

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Muscle arranged in concentric rings

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Example of…

Parallel Muscles

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Sartorius Muscle

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Example of…

Fusiform Muscle

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Bicep Brachii

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Example of…

Unipennate Muscle

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Extensor Digitorum Longus

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Example of…

Bipennate Muscle

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Rectus Femoris

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Example of…

Multipennate Muscle

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Deltoid

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Example of…

Convergent Muscle

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Pectoralis major

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Example of…

Circular muscle

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Orbicularis Oris

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