| Term | Definition |
|
fibr/o |
fiber |
|
tri- |
three |
|
burs/o |
bursa |
|
tendin/o |
tendon |
|
electr/o |
electricity |
|
bucc/o |
cheek |
|
arthr/o |
joint |
|
dors/o |
back |
|
my/o |
muscle |
|
ankyl/o |
stiff |
|
ligament/o |
ligament |
|
troph/o |
development |
|
pector/o |
chest |
|
thorac/o |
chest |
|
oste/o |
bone |
|
skeletal muscle |
attach to bones of skeleton |
|
voluntary |
muscles that operate under your control |
|
muscular paralysis |
injury or damage to muscle nerve supply |
|
atrophy |
wasting away of muscle and decrease in size |
|
smooth muscle |
line the visceral organs |
|
involuntary |
can not control movement on your own |
|
cardiac muscle |
forms the walls of the heart |
|
tendon |
connects muscle to bone |
|
ligament |
connects bone to bone |
|
origin |
less moveable |
|
insertion |
more moveable |
|
buccinator |
cheek muscle |
|
temporal |
above and near the ear |
|
masseter |
angle of jaw |
|
sternomastoid |
sternum along side of neck |
|
trapezius |
back of shoulders |
|
latissimus dorsi |
across lower back |
|
pectoralis major |
large muscle across chest |
|
deltoid |
covers shoulder joint and under humerus |
|
biceps brachii |
bending elbow |
|
quadriceps femoris |
anterior part of thigh |
|
hamstring |
posterior part of thigh |
|
gastrocnemius |
main muscle of calf |