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

During Vesalius' time, most dissections were performed on animals due to the difficulty of getting human cadavers. Most dissection cadavers were obtained by grave robbing or from criminals that had been hanged. Figure 5 apparently was drawn from the cadaver of a criminal as noted by the noose still associated with the drawing.

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