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Muscle
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Types of Muscle
Antagonistic (anti-against, agon – struggle) Synergists (syn-together, erg –work) Origin Insertion Abductor Adductor Flexor Extensor Circumduction Levator Depressor Rotator Supinator Pronator
Movement (Kinesiology)
Muscles are names for their location on the body or organ they are near. Example: Pectoral muscles – chest (pector) Muscles can be named for their location in relation to something else. Example: Intercostal muscles – muscles between the ribs (inter –
between, cost –rib) Muscles can also be named by their location within a group of muscles Example: Inferior - below or deep Muscles can be termed indicating depth Example: Externus – outer, Internus – inner
Location
Muscles can be named according to the direction of the muscle fibers Examples: Rectus – straight, Oblique – slanted Muscles are named for the number of divisions they have Examples: Biceps – two, Triceps – three, Quadriceps – four
Muscles can be named for their size Examples: Minimus or minor – small, Vastus , Major, or Maximus
– large, Latissimus – broad
Longissiums or gracilis – narrow
Location
Muscles can be named according their shape Examples: Deltoid – muscles that look like the Greek letter delta ,
Quadratus – muscles are square for four-sided Sometimes muscles are named for what they look like or how they relate to something else. Example: Gastrocnemius muscle – the leg muscle that resembles
the shape of the stomach (gastr – stomach, kneme – leg)
Location
Adhesion
Ataxia
Atonic
Dystrophy
Fascilitis
Fibroma
Hernia◦ a. umblilical◦ b. Inguinal
Pathology
Myasthenia
Myopathy Tendinitis Tetany Strain
Avulsion
Pathology