Musculature Vocabulary
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- to move a skeletal part away from the midline
- abduct
- to move a skeletal part nearer the midline
- adduct
- a muscle which has the primary effect in a particular action
- agonist
- a muscle whose action is opposite that of another muscle
- antagonist
- the forearm
- antebrachium
- a broad, sheet-like tendon
- aponeurosis
- having to do with the region of the armpit
- axillary
- the middle or the largest part of a muscle
- belly
- having two heads
- biceps
- the upper arm
- brachium
- having to do with the head
- capitis
- dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles
- deep fascia
- triangular
- deltoid
- having two 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 or 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
- fiber
- to bend a part or to close a joint
- flex
- the rump or buttocks
- gluteus
- having to do with the big toe
- hallucis
- the big toe
- 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
- a chewer
- masseter
- the attachment of a muscle to the less movable skeletal part, usually the proximal attachment of a muscle
- origin
- comb-like
- 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
- pollex
- having to do with the thumb
- pollicis
- to turn the palm of the hand down
- pronate
- loin
- psoas
- having four heads
- quadriceps
- straight
- rectus
- a restraining band
- retinaculum
- saw-shaped, toothed on the edge
- serratus
- segmentally arranged multiple points of attachment
- slips
- loose connective tissue 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 connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone
- tendon
- a muscle that stretches a part
- tensor
- long and round
- teres
- having three heads
- triceps
- large, expansive
- vastus