The Muscular System
- Interactions of Skeletal Muscles
- Attachments
- Insertion
- Origin
- Pull
- Functional Groups
- prime mover
- synergist
- fixator
- antagonist
- Non-bone skeletal muscles
- Patterns of Fascicle Organization
- Parallel
- Fusiform
- belly
- Circular
- Convergent
- Pennate
- types
- unipennate
- bipennates
- multipennate
- Muscle Mechanics: Lever Systems
- Components
- lever
- fulcrum
- effort
- load)
- Power vs. speed
- mechanical advantagey
- mechanical disadvantage
- Classes of lever systems
- first-class lever
- second-class lever
- third-class lever
- Naming Skeletal Muscles
- Location
- Shape
- Size
- maximus
- medius
- minimus
- Length
- brevis
- longus
- Direction
- rectus
- obliques
- Number of origins
- Location of attachments
- Action
- flexor
- extensor
- abductor
- adducto
- Muscle Movement
- Flexion
- Extension
- Rotation
- Adduction
- Abduction
- Circumduction
- Dorsiflexion
- Plantar flexion
- Inversion
- Eversion
- Supination
- Pronation
- Opposition
- Protraction
- Retraction