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muscles: some named for imaginary lines.
: muscle fibers run parallel to that line are called rectus. |
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Terms often used in naming muscles
(maximus-largest, minimus-smallest, longus-long and brevis-short) |
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some are named for bone association
(frontalis muscle overlies frontal bone) |
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Biceps, triceps or quadriceps forms part of muscle name- 2,3or 4 origins
(biceps muscle of the arm has two heads, or origins) |
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Muscle's Location of the Origin and Insertion |
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| (sternocleidomastoid muscle-origin on sternum [sterno] and clavicle [cleido], and inserts on mastoid process of temporal bone) |
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| (Deltoid muscle is triangular and the trapezius muscle resembles a trapezoid) [deltoid=triangle] |
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| (all adducter muscles of the anterior thigh bring about adduction, all extensor muscles of the wrist extend the wrist.) |
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