Muscles and their Names

Front

What is the term used to describe the movement of a muscle?

Back

Action

Front

Terms such as supinators, levators, and rotators are all examples of a muscle being named by its?

Back

Action

Front

Which type of skeletal muscle surrounds openings and allows us to close them?

Back

Circular

Front

Which type of skeletal muscle has a wide origin and a narrowing insertion?

Back

Convergent

Front

Infra, Supra, Medialis, Lateralis are examples of this naming system?

Back

Location

Front

What is the primary function of skeletal muscles?

Back

To facilitate movement of the body.

Front

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Back

Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth.

Front

What is the role of the origin in muscle anatomy?

Back

The origin is the fixed attachment point of a muscle.

Front

What is the role of the insertion in muscle anatomy?

Back

The insertion is the movable attachment point of a muscle.

Front

What is a bipennate muscle?

Back

A muscle with fibers that are arranged on both sides of a central tendon.