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Muscle Naming

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Pectoralis major

a)

Location of muscle

b)

Direction of the muscle fibers

c)

Relative size of the muscle

d)

Number of origins

e)

Location of the muscle's origin and insertion

2.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Extensor digitorum longus

a)

Direction of muscle fibers

b)

Location of muscle

c)

Action of muscle

d)

Relative size of the muscle

e)

Shape of the muscle

3.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Rectus abdominis

a)

Action of the muscle

b)

Number of origins

c)

Location of the muscle

d)

Number of origins

e)

Direction of the muscle fibers

4.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

a)

Relative size of the muscle

b)

Location of the muscle

c)

Number of origins

d)

Action of the muscle

e)

Shape of the muscle

5.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Sternocleidomastoid

a)

Direction of muscle fibers

b)

Number of origins

c)

Location of muscle

d)

Location of the muscle's origin and insertion

e)

Direction of the muscle fibers

6.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Quadratus lumborum

a)

Relative size of the muscle

b)

Direction of muscle fibers

c)

Relative size of the muscle

d)

Location of muscle

e)

Number of origins

7.

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

External oblique

a)

Location of muscle

b)

Direction of muscle fibers

c)

Relative size of the muscle

d)

Action of the muscle

e)

Location of muscle's origin and insertion

8.

Which of the following is used to name skeletal muscles?

a)

Direction of the muscle fibers

b)

Relative size of the muscle

c)

Location of the muscle

d)

Number of origins

e)

All of these are true

9.

Which type of muscle fibers run at a slant?

a)

Rectus

b)

Oblique

c)

Transversus

d)

Maximus

e)

Minimums

10.

Which type of muscle fibers run parallel to long axis of bone?

a)

Rectus

b)

Oblique

c)

Transversus

d)

Maximus

e)

Minimums

11.

Which type of muscle is shaped like a triangle?

a)

Deltoid

b)

Frontalis

c)

Gluteus maximums

d)

Rectus

12.

Which muscle fascicles insert from several sides of tendon?

a)

Circular

b)

Multipennate

c)

Bipennate

d)

Unipennate

13.

Which muscle is named based on its shape resembling a saw?

a)

A) Serratus anterior

b)

B) Trapezius

c)

C) Deltoid

d)

D) Rectus abdominis

14.

What is the naming rule for the muscle 'Biceps brachii'?

a)

A) Number of origins

b)

B) Location of the muscle

c)

C) Action of the muscle

d)

D) Shape of the muscle

15.

Which muscle is named for its action of extending the fingers?

a)

A) Flexor carpi ulnaris

b)

B) Extensor digitorum

c)

C) Pronator teres

d)

D) Supinator