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Muscular Vocabulary

Anatomical vocab to describe the muscular system

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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
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