Which of the following is a multipennate muscle:March 2012: (A) Rectus femoris, (B) Deltoid, (C) Flexor pollicis longus, (D) Temporalis
Answer is B. Ans: B i.e. DeltoidMusclesRectus femoris is a bipennate muscleMultipennate muscle examples include subcapsularis, deltoid (acromial fibres)Flexor pollicis longus is an unipennate muscleTemporalis is a triangular muscle