Muscular System Vocabulary Flashcards
Abduct
To move a skeletal part away from the midline
Adduct
To move a skeletal part nearer the midline
Agonist
A muscle that has the primary effect in a particular action
Antagonist
A muscle whose action is opposite that of another muscle
Antebrachium
The forearm
Aponeurosis
A board, sheetlike tendon
Axillary
Having to do with the region of the armpit
Belly
The middle or the largest part of the muscle
Biceps
Having two heads
Brachium
The upper arm
Capitis
Having to do with the head
Deep fascia
Dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles
Deltoid
Triangular
Digastric
Having two bellies
Digital
Having to do with the fingers or toes
Dorsi
Having to do with structures of the back of the trunk, foot, or hand
Elevate
To raise a structure
Extend
To straigheten a part or open a joint
Fiber
Individual muscle cell
Flex
To bend a part or close a joint
Gluteus
The buttocks
Hallucis
Having to do with the big toe
Hallux
The big toe
Head
A division of a muscle
Insertion
The attachment of a muscle to the more movable skeletal part
Lata
Wide
latissimus
widest
Masseter
the chewer
