Muscular Root Words Flashcards
directional root word for “parallel to midline”
Rectus
directional root word for “perpendicular to midline”
Transverse
directional root word for “diagonal to the midline”
oblique
root word for “largest” muscle
Maximus
root word for “smallest” muscle
minimus
root word for “longest” muscle
longus
root word for “shortest” muscle
brevis
root word for “widest” muscle
hint: latitude
Latissimus
root word for “large” muscle
Magnum
root word for “larger” muscle
Major
root word for “smaller” muscle
minor
root word for “great” muscle
vastus
root word for “triangular” muscle shape
deltoid
root word for “trapezoidal” muscle shape
trapezius
root word for “saw-toothed” muscle shape
serratus
root word for “diamond” muscle shape
rhomboideus
root word for “circular” muscle shape
orbicularis
root word for “comb-like” muscle shape
Pectinate
root word for “pear-shaped” muscle
Piriformis
root word for “flat” shaped muscle
platys
root word for “square” shaped muscle
quadratus
root word for “slender” muscle shape
Gracilis
muscle root word for “decrease joint angle”
flexor
muscle root word for “increase joint angle”
extensor
muscle root word for “move bone away from the midline”
abductor
muscle root word for “movement towards midline”
adductor
muscle root word for “produces superior movement”
hint: elevator
levator
muscle root word for “produces inferior movement”
depressor
muscle root word for “turn palm medially so that palm faces posteriorly”
hint: same as joint
pronator
muscle root word for “turn palm laterally so palm faces anteriorly”
hint” same as joint
supinator
muscle root word for “decrease the size of an opening”
sphincter
muscle root word for “make body part rigid”
tensor
muscle root word for “move bone around a longitudinal axis”
rotator
root word for muscle that has “two origins”
biceps
root word for muscle that has “three origins”
triceps
root word for muscle that has “four origins
quadriceps
root word for “superficial” muscle
superficialis
root word for “deeper” muscle
Profundus
