Muscular System

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Muscular System

• Review

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Muscle Location

• Brachii arm
• Biceps Brachii upper arm (anterior)
• Triceps Brachii upper arm (posterior)
• Femoris femur
• Rectus femoris thigh muscle (quads)
• Biceps femoris thigh muscle (hamstrings)
• Delta triangle
• Deltoid triangle-shaped muscle on the shoulder

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Muscle Location

• Rectus straight
• Rectus abdominis straight down the abs
• Rectus femoris straight down the femur

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Muscle Location

• Named by location
• Tibialis anterior
• Tibiablis tibia
• Anterior - front
• Sternocleidomastoid
• Sterno sternum
• Cleido clavicle
• Mastoid mastoid process of the skull
• Pectoralis Major
• Pectoral - chest

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Medical Terminology

• Prefixes
• a-
• dys-
• hypo-

• Without
• Difficulty
• Beneath, under

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Medical Terminology

• brady-
• cardi/o
• fasci/o
• fibr/o
• herni/o
• kinesi/o
• my/o
• sarc/o
• sphincter/o
• tend/o
• ton/o

• slow
• heart
• fascia
• fibrous tissue
• hernia
• movement
• muscle
• flesh
• tight band
• tendon
• tone

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Medical Terminology

• -algia pain
• -desis surgical fixation
• -ectomy surgical removal
• -it is inflammation
• -malacia abnormal softening
• -necrosis death of tissue
• -otomy surgical incision
• -pathy disease
• -rrhaphy suturing
• -rrhexis rupture
• -sclerosis abnormal hardening