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Skeletal muscles
Produce movements
Blinking of eye, standing on tiptoe, swallowing
food, etc.
Third-class lever
Figure 11.2c
Strap-like sternocleidomastoid
Fusiform biceps brachii
Circular
Fascicles are arranged in concentric rings
Surround external body openings
Sphincter general name for a circular muscle
Examples
Orbicularis oris and orbicularis oculi
Figure 11.3
Splanchnic mesoderm
Axial Muscles
Respiratory muscles
Anterior abdominal wall muscles
Muscles of the pelvic floor
Axial Muscles
Limb Muscles
Figure 11.4d
Limb Muscles
Extensors
Muscle mass dorsal to limb bones
Flexors
Muscle mass ventral to limb bones
Figure 11.4e
produces
Another muscle must undo the action
Muscles with opposite actions lie on opposite
sides of a joint
Location
Antagonist
Shape
Relative size
Maximus, minimus, and longus indicate size
Example gluteus maximus and gluteus minimus
Example brachioradialis
Number of origins
Two, three, or four origins
Indicated by the words biceps, triceps, and
quadriceps
Action
The action is part of the muscles name
Indicates type of muscle movement
Subscapularis
Rotator
Supraspinatus
Cuff
Infraspinatus
Teres Minor
Teres Major
Latissimus Dorsi (partial O on scap)
Coracobrachialis
Rhomboids
Trapezius
Pectoralis Minor
Serratus Ventralis
Levator Scapulae
Muscles of arm
Antererior group
Biceps brachii
Coracobrachialis
Brachialis
Posterior group
triceps brachii
Aconeus
Deltoid
Origin: lateral third of clavicle,
acromion, and spine of scapula
Insertion: deltoid tuberosity of
humerus
Action: abductsflexes and
medically rotates, extends, and
laterally rotates arm
Teres major
Biceps brachii
Origin: long head, supraglenoid
tubercle; short head, coracoid
process
Insertion: radical tuberosity
Action: supinator of forearm,
flexor of elbow joint, weak
flexor of should joint
Triceps brachii