Types
Muscles named for Action
Muscles named for Location
Muscles named for Shape
Muscles named for Size
100
Found in walls of hollow organs
What is smooth muscle?
100
Flexes wrist
What is flexor carpi radialis?
100
Frontal bone
What is frontalis?
100
Triangle
What is deltoid?
100
Largest
What is maximus?
200
Attached to bones
What is skeletal muscle?
200
Abducts the thigh
What is abductor Magnus?
200
Lateral or on the side
What is lateralis?
200
Wide
What is latissimus?
200
Smallest
What is minimus?
300
Makes up wall of heart
What is cardiac muscle?
300
Extends the fingers
What is extensor digitorium
300
Front of tibia
What is tibialis anterior?
300
Trapezoid
What is trapezius?
300
Huge
What is vastus?
400
Contracts to propel blood forward
What is cardiac muscle?
400
Raises shoulder blade
What is levator scapulae?
400
Near fibula
What is fibularis longus?
400
Saw toothed
What is serratus?
400
Longest
What is longus?
500
Has no striations
What is smooth muscle?
500
Raises the jaw
What is masseter?
500
Extends knee and flexes hip
What is recturs femoris?
500
Circular
What is orbicularis?
500
Short
What is brevis?
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