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Muscular Vocabulary
Anatomical vocab to describe the muscular system
Question | Answer |
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to move a skeletal part away from the midline of the body | abduct |
to move a skeletal part nearer to the midline of the body | adduct |
a muscle that has the primary effect in a particular action | agonist |
a muscle the action of which is opposite that of another muscle | antagonist |
the forearm | antebrachium |
a broad, sheetlike tendon | aponeurosis |
having to do with the region of the armpit | axillary |
the middle or the largest part of a muscle | belly |
having 2 heads | biceps |
the upper arm | brachium |
having to do with the head | capitis |
dense CT in the surface of individual muscles | deep fascia |
triangular | deltoid |
having 2 bellies | digastric |
having to do with the fingers or toes | digital |
having to do with structures of the back of the trunk, foot, or hand | dorsi |
to raise a structure | elevate/levate |
to straighten a part or open a joint | extend |
individual muscle cell; also used to describe the grossly visible grains or longitudinal lines in a muscle | fibers |
to bend a part or to close a joint | flex |
the buttocks | gluteus |
having to do with the big toe | hallucis |
the big toe itself | hallux |
a division of a muscle | head |
the attachment of a muscle to the more movable skeletal part, usually the distal attachment of a muscle | insertion |
wide | lata |
widest | latissimus |
chewer | masseter |
the attachment of a muscle to the less movable skeletal part, usually the proximal attachment of a muscle | origin |
comblike | pectinate |
having to do with the chest | pectoral |
located near the fibula in the lateral compartment of the leg | peroneal |
pear-shaped | piriformis |
a network | plexus |
the thumb itself | pollex |
having to do with the thumb | pollicis |
to turn the palm of the hand down | pronate |
loin | psoas |
having 4 heads | quadriceps |
straight | rectus |
a restraining band | retinaculum |
saw-shaped, toothed on the edge | serratus |
segmentally arranged multiple points of attachment | slips |
loose CT that underlies the skin and attaches it to the superficial layer of muscles | superficial fascia |
to turn the palm of the hand upward | supinate |
dense, collagenous CT that attaches muscle to bone | tendon |
a muscle that stretched a part | tensor |
long and round | teres |
having 3 heads | triceps |
large, expansive | vastus |