Muscle naming

Question 1

maximus

Answer 1

largest

Question 2

minimus

Answer 2

smallest

Question 3

longus

Answer 3

long

Question 4

brevis

Answer 4

short

Question 5

deltoid

Answer 5

triangular

Question 6

rhomboid

Answer 6

diamond-shaped

Question 7

quadrutus

Answer 7

four-sided

Question 8

brachii

Answer 8

arm

Question 9

oculi

Answer 9

eye

Question 10

femoris

Answer 10

thigh

Question 11

spinalis

Answer 11

spine

Question 12

flexors

Answer 12

muscles that bend a limb e.g. elbow flexor

Question 13

extensors

Answer 13

muscles that straighten a limb e.g. elbow extensor

Question 14

abductors

Answer 14

muscles that move a limb to the side, away from the body e.g. hip abductor

Question 15

adductors

Answer 15

muscles that move a limb sideways toward the body e.g. hip adductor

Question 16

elevators

Answer 16

muscles that raise a part e.g. in the eyelid

Question 17

depressors

Answer 17

muscles that flattens or lowers a part e.g.depressor anguli oris, the muscle in the face that pulls down the corners of the mouth

Question 18

rotators

Answer 18

muscles that produces a rotation, alone or in concert with other rotators, around an axis, e.g. rotator muscles of vertebral column

Question 19

dorsiflexors

Answer 19

muscles that allow extension (upward movement) of the foot or toes or of the hand or fingers

Question 20

palmar flexors

Answer 20

muscles that bend thehand or fingers towards the palmar surface of the hand

Question 21

profundus

Answer 21

deep

Question 22

superficialis

Answer 22

superficial