muscles names

Abductor

Moving away/farther

Adductor

Moving closer

Brevis

Short

Digitus, digiti, digitorum

Finger, of the finger, of the fingers

Extensor

Straightener

Externus

Outer

Femur, femoris

Thighbone, of the thighbone

Flexor

Bending

Gastrocnemius

Calf- "the stomach of the leg"

Gemellus

Twin

Gluteus

Buttocks

Gracilis

Slender, thin, fine

Hallux, hallucis

Big toe

Iliacus

At the ilium

Intermedius

Intermediate, placed between

Internus

Inner

Interosseus

Between bones

Longus

Long

Lumbricalis

Worm-like

Major

Larger, bigger

Maximus

Largest, biggest

Medius

Middle

Minimus

Smallest

Minor

Smaller, lesser

Obturator

Closing a part

Opponens

Opposing

Pectineus

At the pecten (comb-like protuberance)

Peroneus

At the fibula (Gr)

Piriformis

Pear-shaped

Planta, plantae

Sole, of the sole

Plantaris

At the sole (Lat)

Popliteus

back of the knee

Psoas

Loin

Quadratus

Square-shaped

Quadriceps

Four-headed

Rectus

Straight

Sartorius

Tailor (crossed-legged)

Semimembranosus

Half-membrane

Semitendinosus

Half-tendon

Soleus

Sole

Sura, surae

Calf, of the calf

Triceps

Three-headed

Vastus

Enormous, vast