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  • parallel muscle

    evenly spaced fascicles attaching to a tendon about same width as muscle

  • parallel muscle example

    sartorius

  • convergent muscle

    broad at one end, tapers to single tendon

  • convergent muscle example

    pectoralis major

  • circular muscle

    encircles a structure, closes or constricts when it contracts in eye, sphincters

  • circular muscle example

    orbicularis oculi

  • fusiform muscle

    thicker in middle region, tapered at ends

  • fusiform muscle example

    biceps brachii

  • pennate muscle

    fibers and fascicles attach to tendon at angle, looks like feather

  • unipennate

    single tendon, fascicles feather out from only one side

  • unipennate example

    flexor polllicis longus

  • bipennate

    single tendon, fascicles feather out from both sides

  • bipennate example

    rectus femoris

  • multipennate

    several tendons, looks like several feathers joined together

  • multipennate example

    deltoid

  • naming muscles

    for size, location, shape, appearence, position, number of points of proximal attachment or heads

  • brevis

    short

  • longus

    long

  • vastus

    wide/large

  • profundus

    deep

  • infra

    below

  • supra

    above

  • erector

    straight

  • levator

    raises body part

  • capitis

    head area

  • hallucis

    great toe

  • oris

    mouth area

  • pollicis

    thumb

  • oblique

    at an angle

  • orbicular

    circular

  • biceps

    two heads

  • quadriceps

    4 heads

  • triceps

    3 heads

  • deltoid

    triangular

  • maximus

    largest

  • minimus/minimi

    smallest

  • minor

    small

  • quadratus

    shaped like rectangle

  • rhomboid

    shaped like rhombus

  • serratus

    serrated or jagged

  • trapezius

    shaped like a trapezoid