muscles

Question 1

abduct

Answer 1

move away from midline

Question 2

adduct

Answer 2

Move towards the midline

Question 3

agonist

Answer 3

A muscle that has a primary effect in a particular action

Question 4

antagonist

Answer 4

A muscle whose action is opposite that of another muscle

Question 5

antebrachium

Answer 5

the forearm

Question 6

aponeurosis

Answer 6

a broad sheet like tendon

Question 7

axillary

Answer 7

region of the armpit

Question 8

belly

Answer 8

Largest part of a muscle

Question 9

biceps

Answer 9

having two heads

Question 10

capitis

Answer 10

having to do with the head

Question 11

deep fascia

Answer 11

Dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles

Question 12

deltoid

Answer 12

triangular

Question 13

digastric

Answer 13

having two bellies

Question 14

digital

Answer 14

Having to do with the fingers or toes

Question 15

dorsi

Answer 15

having to do with the structures of the back of the trunk foot or hand

Question 16

elevate or levitate

Answer 16

to raise a structure

Question 17

extend

Answer 17

To straighten a part or open the joint

Question 18

fiber

Answer 18

Individual muscle cell

Question 19

flex

Answer 19

to bend or close a joint

Question 20

gluteus

Answer 20

rump or buttocks

Question 21

hallucis

Answer 21

having to do with a big toe

Question 22

hallux

Answer 22

the big toe

Question 23

head

Answer 23

A division of a muscle

Question 24

insertion

Answer 24

Attachment of a muscle to the more movable skeletal part

Question 25

lata

Answer 25

wide

Question 26

lattisimus

Answer 26

widest

Question 27

masseter

Answer 27

chewer

Question 28

origin

Answer 28

Attachment of a muscle to the least movable skeletal part

Question 29

pectinate

Answer 29

comblike

Question 30

pectoral

Answer 30

Having to do with the chest

Question 31

peroneal

Answer 31

Located near the fibula in the lateral compartment of the leg

Question 32

piriformis

Answer 32

pear shaped

Question 33

plexus

Answer 33

a network

Question 34

pollex

Answer 34

the thumb

Question 35

pollicis

Answer 35

having to do with the thumb

Question 36

pronate

Answer 36

Turn the palm of the hand down

Question 37

psoas

Answer 37

loin

Question 38

quadriceps

Answer 38

having four heads 

Question 39

rectus

Answer 39

straight

Question 40

retinaculum

Answer 40

A restraining band

Question 41

serratus

Answer 41

saw shaped toothed on the edge

Question 42

slips

Answer 42

Segmentally arranged multiple points of attachment

Question 43

superficial fascia

Answer 43

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

Question 44

supinate

Answer 44

To turn the palm of the hand upwards

Question 45

tendon

Answer 45

dense collagenous connected tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Question 46

tensor

Answer 46

a muscle that stretches a part

Question 47

teres

Answer 47

long and round

Question 48

triceps

Answer 48

having three heads

Question 49

vastus

Answer 49

large expansive