Muscular System Notes -naming and contraction types

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Direction

Muscles named for fiber direction; rectus means straight, transverse means side to side.

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Size

Muscles named for size using maximus (largest), minimus (smallest)

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Location

Muscles named for the bone or body region they are associated with (temporalis, frontalis)

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Number of origins

Muscles named for the number of attachment points (heads). (Biceps: 2)

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Location of Origin & Insertion

Muscles named for their attachment sites (Sternocleidomastoid)

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Shape

Muscles named for their shape. (Deltoid: triangle)

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Action

Muscles named for the movement they produce (Flexor carpi radialis – Muscle that flexes the wrist)