2.  Skeletal  Smooth  Cardiac

3.  Antagonistic (anti-against, agon – struggle)  Synergists (syn-together, erg –work)  Origin  Insertion  Abductor  Adductor  Flexor  Extensor  Circumduction  Levator  Depressor  Rotator  Supinator  Pronator

4. Muscles are names for their location on the body or organ they are near.  Example: Pectoral muscles – chest (pector) Muscles can be named for their location in relation to something else.  Example: Intercostal muscles – muscles between the ribs (inter – between, cost –rib) Muscles can also be named by their location within a group of muscles  Example: Inferior - below or deep Muscles can be termed indicating depth  Example: Externus – outer, Internus – inner

5. Muscles can be named according to the direction of the muscle fibers  Examples: Rectus – straight, Oblique – slanted Muscles are named for the number of divisions they have  Examples: Biceps – two, Triceps – three, Quadriceps – four Muscles can be named for their size  Examples: Minimus or minor – small, Vastus, Major, or Maximus – large, Latissimus – broad  Longissiums or gracilis – narrow

6. Muscles can be named according their shape  Examples: Deltoid – muscles that look like the Greek letter delta, Quadratus – muscles are square for four-sided Sometimes muscles are named for what they look like or how they relate to something else.  Example: Gastrocnemius muscle – the leg muscle that resembles the shape of the stomach (gastr – stomach, kneme – leg)

7. Adhesion Ataxia Atonic Dystrophy Fascilitis Fibroma Hernia ◦ a. umblilical ◦ b. Inguinal

8. Myasthenia Myopathy Tendinitis Tetany Strain Avulsion