Gross Anatomy
Word Parts
Actions of Muscles
Gross Anatomy
Actions of Muscles
Major Muscles
100
Muscle responsible for tilting the head back; hyperextending the head and shrugging shoulders.
What is the trapezius?
100
The term fasci - means:
What is bundle?
100
The action of reducing the angle joint.
What is Flexion?
100
The muscle responsible for holding in the abdominal organs. The deepest of the abdominal muscles.
What is the transverse abdominis?
100
Assists the latissimus dorsi muscle.
What is the teres minor?
100
Also known as the calf muscle:
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What is the gastrocnemius?
200
A tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
200
This word is the meaning of chondr -:
What is cartilage?
200
The action of straightening a limb or joint back to its angle in the anatomical position.
What is Extension?
200
A set of muscles responsible for maintaining poster in the human.
What is the erector spinae?
200
Its function is to flex the trunk anteriorly.
What is the rectus abdominis?
200
This muscle originates at the clavicle and sternum, and has an insertion at the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the skull.
What is the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
300
A connective tissue that wraps around organs, providing support and holding parts together.
What is fascia?
300
This word part would be used when describing a swollen part of the body.
What is edem-?
300
The movement of a limb or other part toward the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
300
Refers to the the muscle that is used to hyperextend the hip joing.
What is the gluteus maximus?
300
An imaginary line that runs from the midline at the head down to the midline of the pubic symphysis.
What is the linea alba?
300
This muscle connects the upper extremity to the vertebral column and allows for adducting the arms and rotating the trunk.
What is the Latissimus Dorsi?
400
Tough, fibrous white connective tissues that connects muscle to muscle. Present on the anterior and posterior trunk regions.
What is an aponeurosis?
400
Means 'to move' or 'divide'.
What is the word part kin-?
400
The movement of a limb or other part away from the midline of the body.
What is Abduction?
400
These are responsible for hyperextending the head and neck and lifting the shoulders of cats.
What are the clavo, acromio and spinotrapezius muscles in the cat?
400
A set of muscles that stabilize the posterior lower trunk.
What are the quadratus lumborum muscles?
400
A group of muscles located in the front of the thigh, containing four muscles:
What are the quadriceps?
500
The muscle site that does not move during contraction (anchor point).
What is origin?
500
Word part that means 'sugar'.
What is gluc-, gly, -ose?
500
This term is used for the movement when we point our toes, or stand on our tip-toes.
What is Plantar Flexation?
500
Muscle responsible for abducting the arms.
What is the deltoid?
500
A double layer of muscles that help to expand the chest region during respiration.
What are the intercostal muscles?
500
A thick, fan-shaped muscle, situated at the chest (anterior) of the human body; responsible for flexing and adducting the humerus.
What is the Pectoralis major?
600
The point of attachment in a muscle where more movement occurs.
What is the insertion site?
600
The meaning of dactyl or digit:
What is a finger or toe?
600
When rotating our forearms or feet, this term is used to describe our palms and soles facing forward of our body, or facing up if we are lying down.
What is Supination?
600
Set of muscles that are responsible for twisting the trunk laterally.
What are the oblique muscles?
600
Two muscles in the human that are divided into 3 muscles in the cat.
What are the deltoid and trapezius?
600
This muscle is located on the outer aspect of the shoulder and is recognized by its triangular shape and common site for some injections:
What is the Deltoid?