Health Sciences 2300A/B Lecture 3: Anatomy Masters Part 3

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2300A/B
• Professor: Christopher William James Melling

Document Summary

1: the names can tell you a lot about the muscle, stay away from the muscles charts in the textbook. Shape: digitorum = describing fingers, this muscle extends the fingers, longus = 2 muscles that do this, where the short one is called brevis (means abbreviate) and the longer one called longus (means longer) and. Magnus (largest: location, many muscles are named after the region they exist it, and the region gives indication of the function, are able to place a muscle in a compartment, e. g. Pectoralis major = largest muscle in pectoral region (upper chest: attachments & # of origins, muscles are named based on their attachments. like ligaments, usually attachment gives the function, e. g. Biceps brachia = biceps = 2 heads of origins, located in the brachial region. 2300 master notes part 3: from the arm, it"s from the elbow to the shoulder, shoulder flexier (not just an elbow flexier)