Muscle Terms
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Deep
Farther from the body surface
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Superficial
closer to the body surface
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origin
the place of muscle attachment for the more stationery bone
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Insertion
the place of muscle attachment to the bone that moves
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Action
the movement(s) the muscle performs
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Flexion
Decreasing the angle between two body parts
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extension
increasing the angle between two body parts
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adduction
movement of limbs towards the midline
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abduction
movement of limbs away from the midline
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Aponeurosis
sheet or line of tendon like fascia that can provide a muscle insertion site and/or protection
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