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Vocab Quiz #2 Flashcards

1
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To move a skeletal part away from the midline

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Abduct

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2
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To move a skeletal part nearer the midline

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Adduct

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3
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A muscle that has the primary effect in a particular action

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Agonist

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4
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A muscle whose action is opposite that of another muscle

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Antagonist

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5
Q

The forearm

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Antebrachium

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6
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A broad, sheet-like tendon

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Aponeurosis

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7
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Havingto do with the region of the armpit

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Axillary

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8
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The middle or the largest part of a muscle

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Belly

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9
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Having two heads

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Biceps

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10
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The upper arm

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Brachium

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11
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Having to do with the head

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Capitis

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12
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Dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles

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Deep Fascia

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13
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Triangular

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Deltoid

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14
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Having two bellies

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Diagastric

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15
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Having to do with the fingers or toes

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Digital

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16
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Having to do with structures of the back of the trunk, foot, or hand

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Dorsi

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17
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To raise a structure

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Elevate/Levitate

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18
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To straighten a part or open a joint

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Extend

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19
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Individual muscle cell; also used to describe the grossly visible grains or longitudinal lines in a muscle

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Fiber

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20
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To bend a part or to close a joint

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Flex

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21
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The rump or buttocks

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Gluteus

22
Q

Having to do with the big toe

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Hallucis

23
Q

The big toe

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Hallux

24
Q

A division of a muscle

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Head

25
Q

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

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Insertion

26
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Wide

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Lata

27
Q

Widest

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Latissimus

28
Q

A chewer

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Masseter

29
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The attachment of a muscle to the less movable skeletal part, usually the proximal attachment of a muscle

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Origin

30
Q

Comblike

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Pectinate

31
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Having to do with the chest

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Pectoral

32
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Located near the fibula in the lateral component of the leg

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Peroneal

33
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Pear-shaped

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Piriformis

34
Q

A network

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Plexus

35
Q

The thumb

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Pollex

36
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Having to do with the thumb

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Pollicis

37
Q

To turn the palm of the hand down

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Pronate

38
Q

Loin

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Psoas

39
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Having four heads

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Quadriceps

40
Q

Straight

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Rectus

41
Q

A restraining band

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Retinaculum

42
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Saw-shaped, toothed on the edge

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Serratus

43
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Segmentally arranged multiple points of attachment

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Slips

44
Q

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

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Superficial Fascia

45
Q

To turn the palm of the hand upward

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Supinate

46
Q

Dense, collagenous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

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Tendon

47
Q

A muscle that stretches a part

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Tensor

48
Q

Long and round

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Teres

49
Q

Having three heads

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Triceps

50
Q

Large, expansive

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Vastus

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