Introduction to The Muscular System

This text provides a brief introduction to interactions of skeletal muscles; their fascicle arrangement, & their lever systems; naming skeletal muscles; axial muscles of the head, neck, & back; axial muscles of the abdominal wall & thorax; muscles of the pectoral girdle & upper limbs; and appendicular muscles of the pelvic girdle & lower limbs.

Topics

abduct
abductor
abductor digiti minimi
abductor pollicis brevis
abductor pollicis longus
adductor
adductor brevis
adductor longus
adductor magnus
adductor pollicis
agonist
anal triangle
anconeus
antagonist
anterior compartment of the arm
anterior compartment of the forearm
anterior compartment of the leg
anterior compartment of the thigh
anterior scalene
appendicular
axial
belly
bi
biceps brachii
biceps femoris
bipennate
brachialis
brachioradialis
brevis
buccinator
calcaneal tendon
caval opening
circular
compressor urethrae
convergent
coracobrachialis
corrugator supercilii
deep anterior compartment
deep posterior compartment of the forearm
deep transverse perineal
deglutition
deltoid
diaphragm
digastric
dorsal group
dorsal interossei
epicranial aponeurosis
erector spinae group
extensor
extensor carpi radialis brevis
extensor carpi ulnaris
extensor digiti minimi
extensor digitorum
extensor digitorum brevis
extensor digitorum longus
extensor hallucis longus
extensor indicis
extensor pollicis brevis
extensor pollicis longus
extensor radialis longus
extensor retinaculum
external intercostal
external oblique
extrinsic eye muscles
extrinsic muscles of the hand
fascicle
femoral triangle
fibularis brevis
fibularis longus
fibularis tertius
fixator
flexion
flexor
flexor carpi radialis
flexor carpi ulnaris
flexor digiti minimi brevis
flexor digitorum longus
flexor digitorum profundus
flexor digitorum superficialis
flexor hallucis longus
flexor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis longus
flexor retinaculum
frontalis
fusiform
gastrocnemius
genioglossus
geniohyoid
gluteal group
gluteus maximus
gluteus medius
gluteus minimus
gracilis
hamstring group
hyoglossus
hypothenar
hypothenar eminence
iliacus
iliococcygeus
iliocostalis cervicis
iliocostalis group
iliocostalis lumborum
iliocostalis thoracis
iliopsoas group
iliotibial tract
inferior extensor retinaculum
inferior gemellus
infrahyoid muscles
infraspinatus
innermost intercostal
insertion
intercostal muscles
intermediate
internal intercostal
internal oblique
intrinsic muscles of the hand
ischiococcygeus
lateral compartment of the leg
lateral pterygoid
lateralis
latissimus dorsi
levator ani
linea alba
longissimus capitis
longissimus cervicis
longissimus group
longissimus thoracis
longus
lumbrical
masseter
mastication
maximus
medial compartment of the thigh
medial pterygoid
medialis
medius
middle scalene
minimus
multifidus
multipennate
mylohyoid
oblique
obturator externus
obturator internus
occipitalis
occipitofrontalis
omohyoid
opponens digiti minimi
opponens pollicis
orbicularis oculi
orbicularis oris
origin
palatoglossus
palmar interossei
palmaris longus
parallel
patellar ligament
pectineus
pectoral girdle
pectoralis major
pectoralis minor
pelvic diaphragm
pelvic girdle
pennate
perineum
piriformis
plantar aponeurosis
plantar group
plantaris
popliteal fossa
popliteus
posterior compartment of the leg
posterior compartment of the thigh
posterior scalene
prime mover
pronator quadratus
pronator teres
psoas major
pubococcygeus
quadratus femoris
quadratus lumborum
quadriceps femoris group
quadriceps tendon
rectus
rectus abdominis
rectus femoris
rectus sheaths
retinacula
rhomboid major
rhomboid minor
rotator cuff
sartorius
scalene muscles
segmental muscle group
semimembranosus
semispinalis capitis
semispinalis cervicis
semispinalis thoracis
semitendinosus
serratus anterior