types of muscles and naming skeletal muscles

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prime mover

muscle with major responsibility for a certain movement

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antagonist

muscle that opposes or reverses a prime mover

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synergist

muscle that aids a prime mover in a movement

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fixator

stabilizes the origin of a prime mover

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by direction of muscle fibers

example; rectus (straight)

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by relative size of the muscle

example; maximus (largest)

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by location of the muscle

example; temporalis (temporal bone)

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by number of orgins

example; triceps (three heads)

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by location of the muscles origin and insertion

example; sterno ( the sternum)

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by shape of the muscle

example; deltoid ( triangular)

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by action of the muscle

example; flexor and extensor (flexes or extends a bone)