Volume 42, Number 1, January 1996:
Muscle Names

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author

IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- how muscles are named
-- direction of muscle fibers
-- muscle size, location
-- location of the muscle attachment, origin and Insertion on bones
-- number of origins, relation of the muscle to the bone
-- figure 1
-- shape and type of action by the muscle
- muscles of the upper limb
-- upper arm muscles
-- forearm muscles
-- figure 3
- muscles of the lower limb
-- figure 4
-- figure 5
- muscles of the trunk
-- figure 6
-- figure 7
- muscle anatomy terms
- references

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Muscle Names
by David Saunders

Figure 1. Fifth Muscle Tabula from Epitome by Vesalius, 1542.

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