Muscular System Vocabulary

Question 1

Abduct

Answer 1

To move a skeletal part away from the midline

Question 2

Adduct

Answer 2

To move a skeletal part nearer the midline

Question 3

Agonist

Answer 3

A muscle that has the 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 board, sheetlike tendon

Question 7

Axillary

Answer 7

Having to do with the region of the armpit

Question 8

Belly

Answer 8

The middle or the largest part of the muscle

Question 9

Biceps

Answer 9

Having two heads

Question 10

Brachium

Answer 10

The upper arm

Question 11

Capitis

Answer 11

Having to do with the head

Question 12

Deep fascia

Answer 12

Dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles

Question 13

Deltoid

Answer 13

Triangular

Question 14

Digastric

Answer 14

Having two bellies

Question 15

Digital

Answer 15

Having to do with the fingers or toes

Question 16

Dorsi

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Elevate

Answer 17

To raise a structure

Question 18

Extend

Answer 18

To straigheten a part or open a joint

Question 19

Fiber

Answer 19

Individual muscle cell

Question 20

Flex

Answer 20

To bend a part or close a joint

Question 21

Gluteus

Answer 21

The buttocks

Question 22

Hallucis

Answer 22

Having to do with the big toe

Question 23

Hallux

Answer 23

The big toe

Question 24

Head

Answer 24

A division of a muscle

Question 25

Insertion

Answer 25

The attachment of a muscle to the more movable skeletal part

Question 26

Lata

Answer 26

Wide

Question 27

latissimus

Answer 27

widest

Question 28

Masseter

Answer 28

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