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