Relative Size
Relative Shape
Main Action
Number of Origins
Fascicular Orientation
100
The longest muscle in a group.
What is longissimus?
100
Triangular shaped muscle.
What is deltoid?
100
Muscle whose main action is to decrease the angle of a joint.
What is a flexor?
100
Muscle that has 2 origination points.
What is a bicep?
100
Name given to muscle fiber bundles when oriented perpendicular to the midline.
What is transverse?
200
Shortest muscle in a group.
What is brevis?
200
Flat muscle.
What is platys?
200
Muscle whose main job is to elevate a body part.
What is a levator?
200
Muscle that has 3 origination points.
What is a tricep?
200
Name given to muscle fiber bundles when oriented parallel to the midline.
What is rectus?
300
"Hugest" overall muscle in a group.
What is vastus
300
Slender muscle.
What is gracilis?
300
Muscles whose main job is to rotate a bone around its longitudinal axis.
What is a rotator?
300
Muscle that has 4 origination points.
What is a quadricep?
300
Name given to muscle fiber bundles when oriented diagonal to the midline.
What is oblique?
400
Widest muscle in a group.
What is latissimus?
400
Circular shaped muscle.
What is orbicularis?
400
Muscles that move bone towards and away from the midline.
What are adductors & abductors.
400
Proximal attachment(s) point of tendon/muscle to bone.
What is origin(s)?
400
The name given to the bundles of fibers that comprise a muscle.
What is a fascicle?
500
Smaller and larger muscles in a group.
What is minor and major?
500
Comb-like muscle.
What is pectinate?
500
Muscle responsible for turning palms/soles of feet anteriorly.
What is supinator?
500
Distal attachment point of tendon/muscle to bone.
What is insertion?
500
Two categories of muscle characteristics that were not represented in this jeopardy game.
What are location & attachment site/bone marking?
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