Naming Skeletal Muscles

Abdominal

abdomen

Ancon

elbow

Brachial

Arm

Capitis

Head

Carpi

Wrist

Cervicis

Neck

Coccygeal

Coccyx

Costal

Rib

Cutaneous

Skin

Femoris

Thigh

Glossal

Tongue

Hallux

Great toe

Ilium

Groin

Inguinal

Groin

Lumbar

Lumbar region

Nasalis

Nose

Nuchal

Back of neck

Ocular

Eye

Oris

Mouth

Palpebra

Eyelid

Pollex

Thumb

Popliteal

Posterior to knee

Psoas

Loin

Radial

Forearm

Scapular

Scapula

Temporal

Temple

Thoracic

Thorax

Tibial

Tibia, shin

Ulnar

Ulna

Externus (superficialis)

Muscles visible at body surface

Internus (profundus)

Deeper muscles

Extrinsic muscles

Position or stabilize an organ

Intrinsic muscles

Located entirely within an organ

Transverse muscles

Run across the long axis of the body

Oblique muscles

Run at a slant to long aixs

Rectus muscles

Run along the long axis (straight)

ex. rectus abdmoninis

Anterior

Front

External

On the outside

Extrinsic

Outside the structure

Inferior

Below

Internal

Away from the surface

Intrinsic

Within the structure

Lateral

On the side

Medial

Middle

Olbique

Slanting

Posterior

Back

Profundus

Deep

Rectus

Straight

Superficial

Toward the surface

Superior

Toward the head

Transverse

Crosswise

Structural characteristic: origin and insertion

Ex: genioglossus (genio = chin, glossus - tongue)

Structural characteristic: Number of tendons

Ex: biceps brachii

Structural characteristics: Shape and Size

Trapezius, deltoid, and rhomoid

Deltoid

Triangle

Orbicularis

Circle

Pectinate

Pear-shaped

Platysma

Flat plate

Pyramidal

Pyramid

Rhomboid

Parallelogram

Serratus

Serrated

Splenius

Bandage

Teres

Round and srrong

Trapezius

Trapezoid

Alba

White

Brevis

Short

Gracilis

Slender

Latae

Wide

Latissmus

Widest

Longissimus

Longest

Longus

Long

Magnus

Large

Major

Larger

Maximus

Largest

Minimus

Smallest

Minor

Smaller

Vastus

Great

Abductor

Movement away

Adductor

Movement toward

Depressor

Lowering movement

Extensor

Straightening movement

Flexor

Bending movement

Levator

Raising movement

Pronator

Turning into prone position

Supinator

Turning into supine position

Tensor

Tensing movement

Buccinator

Trumpeter; cheek muscles

Risorius

Laughter

Sartorius

Like a tailor (longest muscle in body, has most tension when sitting cross-legged on floor)