Naming Skeletal Muscles 1. From the key choices, select the criteria that are used in naming the muscles
listed below. In some cases, more than one criterion applies.
Key Choices
A. Action
E Number of origins
B. Direction of fibers
F. Relative muscle size
C. Location of the muscle
G. Shape of the muscle
D. Location of origin and insertion
1. Adductor brevis
6. Levator scapulae
2. Brachiaradialis
7. Orbicularis oculi
3. Deltoid
8. Pectoralis major
4. Extensor digitorum longus
9. Quadriceps femoris
5. Internal oblique
10. Sternohyoid