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55 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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muscle
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contractile orgna that creates movement
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belly
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fleshy part of the muscle
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tendon
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fibrous tissue securing muscle to bone
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origin
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relatively fixed point of a muscle attachment
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insertion
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relatively moveable point of a muscle attachment
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ligament
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fibrous tissue binding two bones
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head
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portion of a muscle having a separate attachment
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digitation
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finger-like division of muscle
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aponeurosis
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expanded tendon for attachment of a flat muscle
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fascia
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fibrous envelopment of muscular structures
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sheath
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protective covering
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action
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movement accomplished by a muscle
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serration
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saw-like edge
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flexor
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bender
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abductor
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drawing away (from median line)
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supinator
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turning face up; turning palm up and thumb away from body
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extensor
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extender
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adductor
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drawing toward (median line)
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pronator
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turning facedown; turning palm down and thumb toward body
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erector
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draw upright
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tensor
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tightener, or holder
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levator
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raises
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depressor
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lowers
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corrugator
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draws skin into wrinkles
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rotator
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revolves
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sphincter
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a ring of muscle guarding or closing an aperture
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anterior
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in front
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posterior
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behind
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longus/nrevis
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long/brief, short
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anticus
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in front
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rectus
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straight
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oblique
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slanting
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teres
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round
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trapezius
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table-shaped
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lata
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broad
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infra
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below
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rhomboideus
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quadrilateral
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sterno-cleido-mastoid
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attaching to sternum, clavical, and mastoid bonees
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biceps
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two-headed
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triceps
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three-headed
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masseter
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chewer
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thyroid
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cartilage- Adam's apple
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deltoid
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(like Greek Delta) triangle
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brachialis
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pertaining to arm
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anconeus
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donkey's foot
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coraco-brachialis
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from coracoid (beak-like) process- to which part of the biceps is attached
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plantaris
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sole of the foot
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coleus
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sole fish, flounder- broad muscle in lower calf
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gracilis
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slender, graceful- muscle of inner thigh
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gastrocnemius
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frog's belly
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pollicis
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from pollex, thumb or big toe
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hypo
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under
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teres major/minor
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large/small round muscle- under shoulder blade
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thenar
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palm
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latissimus dorsi
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broadest muscle of back
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