Muscular system Vocab

Question 1

to move a skeletal part away from the midline

Answer 1

abduct

Question 2

to move a skeletal part nearer to the midline

Answer 2

adduct

Question 3

a muscle that has the primary effect in a particular action

Answer 3

agonist

Question 4

a muscle whose action is opposite of that of another muscle

Answer 4

antagonist

Question 5

the forearm

Answer 5

antebrachium

Question 6

a broad, sheetlike tendon

Answer 6

aponeurosis

Question 7

having to do with the region of the armpit

Answer 7

axillary

Question 8

the middle or largest part of a muscle

Answer 8

belly

Question 9

having 2 heads

Answer 9

biceps

Question 10

the upper arm

Answer 10

brachium

Question 11

having to do with the head

Answer 11

capitis

Question 12

dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles

Answer 12

deep fascia

Question 13

triangular

Answer 13

deltoid

Question 14

having 2 bellies

Answer 14

digastric

Question 15

having to do with the fingers or toes

Answer 15

digital

Question 16

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

Answer 16

dorsi

Question 17

to raise a structure

Answer 17

elevate or levitate

Question 18

to straighten a part or open a joint

Answer 18

extend

Question 19

individual muscle cell; also to describe the grossly visible grains or longitudinal lines in a muscle

Answer 19

fiber

Question 20

to bend a part or close a joint

Answer 20

flex

Question 21

the rump or buttocks

Answer 21

gluteus

Question 22

having to do with the big toe

Answer 22

hallucis

Question 23

the big toe

Answer 23

hallux

Question 24

a division of a muscle

Answer 24

head

Question 25

the attachment of a muscle to the more moveable skeletal part, usually the distal attachment of a muscle

Answer 25

insertion

Question 26

wide

Answer 26

lata

Question 27

widest

Answer 27

latissimus

Question 28

a chewer

Answer 28

masseter

Question 29

the attachment of a muscle to the less movable skeletal part, usually the proximal attachment of a muscle

Answer 29

origin

Question 30

comblike

Answer 30

pectinate

Question 31

having to do with the chest

Answer 31

pectoral

Question 32

located near the fibula in the lateral compartment of the leg

Answer 32

peroneal

Question 33

pear-shaped

Answer 33

piriformis

Question 34

a network

Answer 34

plexus

Question 35

the thumb

Answer 35

pollex

Question 36

having to do with the thumb

Answer 36

pollicis

Question 37

to turn the palm of the hand down

Answer 37

pronate

Question 38

loin

Answer 38

psoas

Question 39

having four heads

Answer 39

quadriceps

Question 40

straight

Answer 40

rectus

Question 41

a restraining band

Answer 41

retinaculum

Question 42

saw-shaped, toothed on the edge

Answer 42

serratus

Question 43

segmentally arranged in multiple points of attachment

Answer 43

slips

Question 44

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

Answer 44

superficial fascia

Question 45

to turn the palm of the hand upward

Answer 45

supinate

Question 46

dense, collagenous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Answer 46

tendon

Question 47

a muscle that stretches a part

Answer 47

tensor

Question 48

long and round

Answer 48

teres

Question 49

having three heads

Answer 49

triceps

Question 50

large, expansive

Answer 50

vastus