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Welcome! This listing features a full-page worksheet and a full-page table that reinforces the naming (nomenclature) of skeletal muscles.

In the Muscle Naming Worksheet, students will perform the following tasks.

Identify six characteristics that affect the naming of skeletal muscles.
Match the muscle name with the appropriate shape description.
Match the muscle name with the correct direction of fibers.
Match the muscle name with the correct size description.
Match the muscle name with the proper function.
Record the number of origins for three given muscle names that offer prefix clues of the number.
State the actions for the following muscles: abductor, adductor, flexor, extensor, levator, and masseter.

In the Muscle Name Breakdown Table, students will accomplish the objectives below.

Identify the characteristic(s) off which the provided muscle is named
Specify the meaning of the characteristic(s) in each example.
Perform this task for fourteen muscles, following the filled in example.

This PDF file will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat Reader DC program. It includes a three-page key with the answers in red or blue font.

This resource complements the following activities about the muscular system in my store.

Muscular System Exam
Muscular System Condition Diagnosis Table
Complete Muscular System Study Guide Set
Mapping Out the Physiology of a Muscle Contraction and Relaxation Worksheet
Skeletal Muscle Function Table Set
Muscular System Crossword Puzzle Set

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