Naming Skeletal Muscles

Naming Skeletal Muscles

By Mark Cruz

Muscle Shape

Multiple Choice

Muscle Shape: Deltoid

• Triangle

• Circle

• Parallelogram

• Flat

Multiple Choice

Muscle Shape: Orbicularis

• Triangle

• Circle

• Parallelogram

• Saw - like (serrated)

Multiple Choice

Muscle Shape: Rhomboid

• Flat

• Circle

• Saw - like

  (serrated)

• Parallelogram

Multiple Choice

Muscle Shape: Platus

• Flat

• Circle

• Saw - like

  (serrated)

• Parallelogram

Multiple Choice

Muscle Shape: Serratus

• Saw-like

  (serrated)

• Triangle

• Flat

• Parallelogram

Multiple Choice

Muscle Shape: Trapezius

• Flat

• Parallelogram

• Saw-like

  (serrated)

• Trapezoid or Triangle

Muscle Size

Multiple Choice

Muscle Size: Vastus, Major, or Magnus

• great or large

• small

• long

• short

Multiple Choice

Muscle Size: Minor

• great or big

• long

• short

• less

Multiple Choice

Muscle Size: Maximus

• small

• long

• big

• short

Multiple Choice

Muscle Size: Minimus

• big

• small

• long

• short

Multiple Choice

Muscle Size: Longus

• big

• small

• long

• short

Multiple Choice

Muscle Size: Brevis

• great

• less

• small

• short

Direction of Muscle Fibers (Fascicles)

Multiple Choice

Direction of Muscle Fibers (Fascicles): Transversus

• perpendicular to the midline

• diagonal

• parallel to the midline

• none of the given choices

Multiple Choice

Direction of Muscle Fibers (fascicles): Oblique

• perpendicular to the midline

• diagonal

• parallel

Multiple Choice

Direction of Muscle Fibers (fascicles): Rectus

• parallel to the midline

• perpendicular to the midline

• diagonal

Number of Origins

Multiple Choice

Number of Origins: Biceps

• one origin

• two origins

• three origins

• four origins

Multiple Choice

Number of Origins: Triceps

• one origin

• two origins

• three origins

• four origins

Multiple Choice

Number of Origins: Quadriceps

• one origin

• two origins

• three origins

• four origins

Multiple Choice

The word "cep" means ______

• tibia

• femur

• head

• abdomen