WorksheetsMuscle Fibre Arrangement
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Convergent Muscles:
Fascicles converge towards a single tendon of insertion.
Examples include: Pectoralis Major
Are Triangular or fan shaped
Branch out from both sides of the tendon
Which one is a Convergent Muscle?
Parallel Muscles:
Fascicles that run parallel to the long axis of a muscle
Examples Include the Satorius
The fibres are short, attaching obliquely to become a central tendon that runs the full length of the muscle
Are Strap like
Which one is a Parallel Muscle?
Fusiform Muscles:
Can be include in the Parallel Muscle group but are more spindle shaped
Muscle branch out from both sides of the tendon
Examples include Biceps
Has a muscle belly wider than it's origin and insertion
Which one is a Fusiform Muscle?
There are 3 types of Pennate Muscles. What are the called?
Bipennate, Multipennate, onepennate
Duopennate, Manypennate, Unipennate
Unopennate, Bipennate, Multipennate
Unipennate, Bipennate, Multipennate
Unipennate Muscles:
fibres that branch out from one side of the tendon
fibres that branch out from both sides of the tendon
fibres that branch out repeatedly from the tendon
Examples include the Hamstring and Forearm
Examples include Quadriceps, Hamstring, and Gastrocnemius
Which Muscle is a Unipennate Muscle?
Bipennate Muscles:
Muscle fibres that branch out from both side of the tendon
Examples include the Hamstring and Gastrocnemius
Examples include the Deltoid of the Shoulder
Muscles that converge towards one single tendon. They are triangular and fan shaped.
Which Muscle is a Bipennate Muscle?
Multipennate Muscles:
Are arranged in a concentric pattern
Fibres that branch out from both sides of the tendon
Muscle fibres branch out repeatedly from the tendon
Examples include: The Deltoid
Which muscle is the Multipennate Muscle?
Circular Muscles:
Have a broad origin
Fascicles are in a circular pattern and are arranged in concentric rings
Examples are muscles that surround the eyes
Which Muscle is a Circular Muscle?
