Naming Skeletal Muscles Flashcards
1
Q
Name 7 things that are needed to label a skeletal muscles ?
A
- The location of the muscle e.g the bone region
- The shape of muscle e.g the deltoid muscle which means a triangle
- The Relative size e.g maximums ( largest) and minimums ( smallest)
- The direction of the fibres e.g rectus which are fibres that runs straight , transverse and oblique which are fibres that run at angles to an imaginary defined axis
- Number of the origin e.g biceps which mean 2 or triceps which mean 3
- Location of the attachment e.g named according to a point or insertion
- Action e.g flexor or extensor