Can you help me label these please? This exercise is designed to help understand

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Can you help me label these please?

This exercise is designed to help understand the naming process of a few select muscles. One colunn lists the muscle names. The other column is a list of descriptions of which the muscle names were based on. You are to ted. Adductor magnus AAdductor A. Action (type of movement) B. Shape C. Site of origin or insertion (Points of attachment) D. Number of origins E. Location to a nearby bone F. Direction the muscle fibers are oriented G. Size of muscle - magnus Vastus lateralis Vastus lateralis Biceps femoris Biceps femoris Fibularis longus H. Location to a superficial area Fibularis longus Popliteus Popliteus

Explanation / Answer

Magnus is latin word meaning big and triangle. So magnus refers to (B) shape
Vastus is a latin wird meaning vast. So vastus refers to (G) size of muscle.

Lateralis refers to (F) direction of muscle fibre oriented

Biceps means two points of attachment and refers to (D) number of origins.

Femoris means femur and refer to (E) location of nearby bone.

Fibularis means fibula and refer to (E) location of nearby bome.

Longus means long and refer to (G) size of muscle.

Popliteus word comes from poplus meaning hollow of knee. Popliteus comes from popliteal fossa and thus refers to (H) location to superficial area.

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