Anatomy: Vocab For Muscular System

Front 1

To move a skeletal part away from the midline

Back 1

Abduct

Front 2

To move a skeletal part nearer the midline

Back 2

Adduct

Front 3

A muscle which has the primary effect in a particular action

Back 3

Agonist

Front 4

A muscle whose action is opposite that of another muscle

Back 4

Antagonist

Front 5

The forearm

Back 5

Antebrachium

Front 6

A board, sheet-like tendon

Back 6

Aponeurosis

Front 7

Having to do with the region of the armpit

Back 7

Axillary

Front 8

The middle or the largest part of a muscle

Back 8

Belly

Front 9

Having two heads

Back 9

Biceps

Front 10

The upper arm

Back 10

Brachium

Front 11

Having to do with the head

Back 11

Capitis

Front 12

Dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles

Back 12

Deep fascia

Front 13

Triangular

Back 13

Deltoid

Front 14

Having two bellies

Back 14

Digastric

Front 15

Having to do with the fingers or toes

Back 15

Digital

Front 16

Having to do with structures of the back of the trunk, foot, or hand

Back 16

Dorsi

Front 17

To raise a structure

Back 17

Elevate (Levate)

Front 18

To straighten a part or open a joint

Back 18

Extend

Front 19

Individual muscle cell; also used to describe the grossly visible grains or longitudinal lines in a muscle

Back 19

Fiber

Front 20

To bend a part or to close a joint

Back 20

Flex

Front 21

The rump or buttocks

Back 21

Gluteus

Front 22

Having to do with the big toe

Back 22

Hallucis

Front 23

The big toe

Back 23

Hallux

Front 24

A division of a muscle

Back 24

Head

Front 25

The attachment of a muscle to the more movable skeletal part, usually the distal attachment of a muscle

Back 25

Insertion

Front 26

Wide

Back 26

Lata

Front 27

Widest

Back 27

Latissimus

Front 28

A chewer

Back 28

Masseter

Front 29

The attachment of a muscle to the less movable skeletal part, usually the proximal attachment of a muscle

Back 29

Origin

Front 30

Comb-like

Back 30

Pectinate

Front 31

Located mear the fibula in the lateral compartment of the leg

Back 31

Peroneal

Front 32

Pear-shaped

Back 32

Piriformis

Front 33

A network

Back 33

Plexus

Front 34

The thumb

Back 34

Pollex

Front 35

Having to do with the thumb

Back 35

Pollicis

Front 36

To turn the palm of the hand down

Back 36

Pronate

Front 37

Loin

Back 37

Psoas

Front 38

Having four heads

Back 38

Quadriceps

Front 39

Straight

Back 39

Rectus

Front 40

A restraining band

Back 40

Retinaculum

Front 41

Saw-shaped, Toothed on the edge

Back 41

Serratus

Front 42

Segmentally arranged multiple points of attachment

Back 42

Slips

Front 43

Loose connective tissue that underlies the skin and attaches it to the superficial layer of muscles

Back 43

Superficial Fascia

Front 44

To turn the palm of the hand upward

Back 44

Supinate

Front 45

Dense, collagenous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Back 45

Tendon

Front 46

A muscle that stretches a part

Back 46

Tensor

Front 47

Long and round

Back 47

Teres

Front 48

Having 3 heads

Back 48

Triceps

Front 49

Large, Expansive

Back 49

Vastus