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How the Muscles are Named

How the Muscles are Named. Chapter8. Basic Naming Conventions.

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How the Muscles are Named

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  1. How the Muscles are Named Chapter8

  2. Basic Naming Conventions Deltoid - shaped like a triangle
Orbicularis - orbit, circular muscle
Major/Minor - large/small or sometimes upper and lower
Vastus - large
Dorsi or Dorsal - backside
Infra / Supra - lower and upper
Longis / Brevis- long/ short (brief) 
Medialis / Lateralus- medial (toward the inside), lateral (toward the outside)

  3. Basic Naming Conventions Some are named based on the region or bone they are attached to: biceps femoris- two headed muscle attached to the femur
extensor carpi radialislongus- long muscle that runs the length of the radius (bone) to the carpals (wrist bones) that extends the fingers

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