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Body Structure:
Body Structure and Processes - Muscular System PT3 - Naming -
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| axial muscles? | position the head, spine and rib cage make breathing possible |
| appendicular muscles? | stabilise and move lower and upper limbs |
| origin? | site on bone where muscle begins and is immovable |
| site on bone where muscle begins and is immovable? | origin |
| insertion? | site on bone where muscle ends and can move |
| site on bone where muscle ends and can move? | insertion |
| rectus? | straight |
| straight? | rectus |
| naming of muscles? | direction of fascicle structural features position within body intrinsic vs extrinsic |
| muscles that have rectus do what? | run parallel to long bones of appendicular skeleton |
| examples of structural feature named muscles | biceps (2 tendons at origin) triceps (3 tendons at origin) |
| externus and superficialis? | visible at surface |
| profundus and internus? | deeper within body |
| intrinsic muscles? | in organs |
| extrinsic? | stabilise organs externally |
| first part of the name of muscle is what? | relates to point of origin |
| part of name which relates to point of origin? | first part |
| second part of name relates to what? | point of insertion |
| part of name which relates to point of insertion? | second |
| sternohyoid muscle? | originates at sternum and inserts at hyoid bone |
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