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| Fibrous or membranous sheets connecting a muscle and the part it moves. |
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Attach muscles to each other or indirectly to bones
Provide durability - can span rough bony prominences that would destroy more delicate muscle tissues
Conserve space - small in size, more tendons than fleshy muscles can pass over a joint |
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| Fixed immovable attachment point |
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| Muscles more movable attachment |
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| Muscles that are primarily responsible for producing a particular movement |
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| Muscles that oppose or reverse a movement |
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| Muscle that aids the action of a prime mover by effecting the same movement or by stabilizing joints across which the prime mover acts, preventing undesirable movements. |
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| Muscle that immobilizes one or more bones, allowing other muscles to act from a stable base. |
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| Naming of skeletal muscles |
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- direction of muscle fibers
- relative size of the muscle
- location of the muscle
- number of origins
- location of the muscle's origin and insertion
- shape of the muscle
- action of the muscle
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- Origin: Manubrium and clavicle
- Insertion: areas of temporal and occipital
- Action: flexion of neck, rotate head
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- Origin: clavicle, sternum, costal cartilage
- Insertion: proximal humerus
- Action: prime mover of arm flexion
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- Origin: clavicle, acromion, and spine of scapula
- Insertion: deltoid tuberosity
- Action: prime mover of arm abduction
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- origin: ribs, sternum, costal cartilages, and lumbar vertebrae
- insertion: central tendon of diaphragm
- action: prime mover of inspiration
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- Origin: spinous processes of T7 - T12, lumbar vertebrae, ribs, and iliac crest
- Insertion: Proximal humerus
- Action: Prime mover of arm extension
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- Origin: Margin of glenoid cavity, proximal humerus
- Insertion: Olecranon process
- Prime mover of foream extension
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- Origin: coracoid process and joint cavity of shoulder joint
- Insertion: Radial tuberosity
- Action: Prime move of forearm flexion
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- Origin: distal humerus
- Insertion: coronoid process
- Action: prime mover of forearm flexion
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- Origin: ilium (iliac spine) and margin of acetabulum
- Insertion: patella and tibial tuberosity
- Action: extend knee, flexes thigh
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- Origin: ilium, sacrum, and coccyx
- Insertion: gluteal tuberosity and iliotibial tract
- Action: thigh extensor, thigh abduction
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| Adductor magnus and longus |
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- Action: extend thigh, flexes knee
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- Origin: medial and lateral condyles of femur
- Insertion: calcaneous via calcaneal tendon
- plantar flexes foot
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- Origin: lateral condyle of tibia
- Insertion: first cuniform (a tarsal) and metatrasal I
- Action: dorsiflexion
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Origin: Proximal tibia and fibula
Insertion: Calcaneous via calcaneal tendon
Action: Plantar flexes foot |
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