Unit 8 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. point where something begins, arises, or is derived
- 3. medius the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus
- 5. major broad flat muscle of the calf
- 7. flexion movement of the foot in which the foot flexes downward
- 10. attached at the front, side and rear of the shoulder
- 11. acting of one's own free will
- 12. flat, thin muscle in the wall of the cheek
- 13. abdominis abs
- 14. muscle form the walls of the heart
- 15. fine transparent tubular sheath that envelops the fibers of skeletal muscles
- 17. muscle of the forearm that flexes the forearm at the elbow
- 19. junction synapse between a motor neuron and skeletal muscle
- 20. femoris large fleshy muscle group covering the front and side of thigh
- 21. muscle extending over the back of neck and shoulders
- 23. major large muscle in upper chest
- 24. a dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen
- 25. rotation of the hand and forearm so that the palm faces backwards
Down
- 1. brachii large muscle on the back of the upper limb
- 4. attaches muscle to bone
- 6. ring of muscle surrounding and serving to guard or close an opening
- 8. brachii large muscle in the upper arm
- 9. condition of shortening and hardening of muscle tendons
- 13. movement in which something pivots around a single long axis
- 16. movement of a limb so that the distal end describes a circle
- 18. any of 5 tendons at the back of a person's knee
- 22. lateralis quad. muscle that covers the outer anterior aspect of the femur