Anatomy Vocab quiz 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abduct | To move a skeletal part away from the midline |
| Adduct | To move a skeletal part nearer the midline |
| Agonist | A muscle that has the primary effect in a particular action |
| Antagonist | A muscle whose action is opposite that of another muscle. |
| Antebrachium | The forearm |
| Aponeurosis | A broad, sheetlike tendon |
| Axillary | Having to do with the region of the armpit |
| Belly | The middle or the largest part of a muscle |
| Biceps | HavIng two heads |
| Brachium | The upper arm |
| Capitis | Having to do with the head |
| Deep fascia | Dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles |
| Deltoid | Triangular |
| Digastric | Having two bellies |
| Digital | Having to do with the fingers or toes |
| Dorsi | Having to do with the structures of the back of th trunk, foot, or hand |
| Elevate or levate | To raise a structure |
| Extend | To straighten a part or open a joint |
| Fiber | Individual muscle cell; also used to describe the grossly visible grains or longitudinal lines in a muscle |
| Flex | To bend a part or close a joint |
| Gluteus | The rump or buttocks |
| Hallucis | Having to do with the big toe. |
| Hallux | The big toe |
| Head | Division of a mucle |
| Insertion | The attachment of a muscle to the more moveable skeletal part, usually the distal attachment of a muscle. |
| Lata | Wide |
| Latissimus | Widest |
| Masseter | A chewer |
| Origin | The attachment of a muscle to the less moveable skeletal part, usually the proximal attachment of a muscle. |
| pectinate | comblike |
| pectoral | having to do with the chest. |
| peroneal | located near the fibula in the later compartment of the leg |
| piriformis | pear-shaped |
| plexus | a network |
| pollex | the thumb |
| pollicis | have to do with the thumb |
| pronate | to turn the palm of the hand down |
| psoas | loin |
| quadriceps | having four heads |
| rectus | straight |
| retinaculum | a restraining band |
| serratus | saw-shaped, toothed on the edge |
| slips | segmentally arranged multiple points of attachment |
| superficial fascia | loose connective tissue that underlies the skin and attaches it to the superficial layer of muscles |
| supinate | to turn the palm of the hand upward |
| tendon | dense, collagenous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone |
| tensor | a muscle that stretches a part |
| teres | long and round |
| triceps | having three heads |
| vastus | large, expansive |
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