Muscle Terms

Question 1

Tendons

Answer 1

attach bone to muscle, tough cords of connective tissue

Question 2

Aponeuroses

Answer 2

flat sheets of connective tissue

Question 3

Ligaments

Answer 3

attach bone to bone

Question 4

Origin

Answer 4

the point of attachment of a muscle that shows relatively little movement during contraction

Question 5

Insertion

Answer 5

the point of attachment of a muscle that shows most of the movement during contraction. During contraction, the muscle insertion moves toward the origin.

Question 6

Action

Answer 6

involves the result of movement of a portion of the skeleton. Movements may involve flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, protraction, retraction, elevation, depression, rotation, rotation, circumduction, pronation, supination, inversion, eversion, lateral flexion, or opposition. Muscles can only pull as they contract; they never push.

Question 7

Innervation

Answer 7

refers to the name of or number of the nerve that controls a specific muscle.

Question 8

maximus

Answer 8

largest

Question 9

minimus

Answer 9

smallest

Question 10

longus

Answer 10

long

Question 11

brevis

Answer 11

short

Question 12

deltoid

Answer 12

triangular (like the Greek letter delta

Question 13

quadratus

Answer 13

rectangular

Question 14

rhomboid

Answer 14

rhomboid (diamond)

Question 15

teres

Answer 15

round

Question 16

pectoralis

Answer 16

chest

Question 17

gluteus

Answer 17

buttocks

Question 18

biceps

Answer 18

two-headed

Question 19

triceps

Answer 19

three-headed

Question 20

quadriceps

Answer 20

four-headed

Question 21

Type of action

Answer 21

flexor, extensor, pronator, supinator

Question 22

rectus

Answer 22

straight, parallel to the body’s midline

Question 23

transverse

Answer 23

perpendicular to the midline

Question 24

oblique

Answer 24

diagonal to the midline

Question 25

Agonist

Answer 25

Main muscle used in movement

Question 26

antagonist

Answer 26

opposes movement of a particular agonist

Question 27

synergist

Answer 27

smaller muscle that assists a larger agonist

Question 28

fixator

Answer 28

a synergist that assists an agonist by preventing movement at a joint (stabilizes joint)