Muscle of the body

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Short for quadriceps femoris, big front thigh muscle.

Main cardiac muscle pumping blood nonstop.

Sheet of skeletal muscle under ribs, key for breathing.

Major arm extensor; 3-headed skeletal muscle.

Lower leg muscle group, key for walking and jumping.

Back thigh muscle group, key for bending knee.

Abdominal muscle group; internal and external obliques.

Skeletal muscle of upper arm, flexes elbow.

Muscular organ in mouth; mostly skeletal muscle.

Calf muscle on back of lower leg; key for walking.

Masseter is a jaw-closing chewing muscle in the cheek.

Colloquial for abdominal muscles of the torso.

A wrist muscle helps move and stabilize the wrist.

Jaw muscles are real muscles that power chewing.

Shoulder muscle group, abducts and rotates arm.

Soleus is a calf muscle used in standing, walking.

Sphincter is a ring of muscle controlling openings.

Pectoral muscles in the chest; aid arm movement.

Sartorius is the longest skeletal muscle in the body.

Colloquial for chest muscles, mainly pectorals

Slang for pectoral muscles of the chest

A muscle is tissue that contracts to create movement 💪

A shoulder muscle is a genuine skeletal muscle group 💪

Large chest muscle; adducts and rotates arm

Flexors are muscles that bend joints, key in limbs.

Nose muscles move nostrils and nose skin

Slang for gluteal muscles; buttock muscle group.

“Lat” is a common abbreviation for the latissimus dorsi muscle.

Generic but valid: extraocular muscles move the eye.

Obturator muscles in pelvis; help rotate the thigh.

Core muscles stabilize spine and torso in movement.

Rotator cuff: group of 4 shoulder muscles, key for rotation.

Face muscles move facial expression, many small muscles.

A valid term for the muscles found in the arm 💪

Generic term for muscles around the knee joint.

Rhomboids: upper‑back muscles pulling shoulder blades inward.

Refers to cardiac muscle tissue of the heart.

Sternocleidomastoid turns and flexes the neck.

Buttock muscle (gluteus group), extends hip joint.

Refers to smooth muscle in vessel walls.

A foot muscle helps move and stabilize the foot.

Kegel exercises target pelvic floor muscles.

Front head of deltoid, lifts arm forward.

Serratus anterior helps move the scapula in arm lifts.

Rear deltoid: posterior part of deltoid shoulder muscle.

Refers to auricular muscles that move the ear

Extensor muscles straighten joints; many in body

Generic term for muscles that move the eye

Levator scapulae: raises the scapula, neck/upper back muscle

Upper trapezius is the upper part of trapezius back/neck muscle.

Large back/neck muscle moving shoulder blades.

Intercostal muscles lift ribs for breathing

Inferior oblique moves the eye upward/outward

Rectus is a recognized anatomical muscle term.

Medial rectus is an eye muscle that turns the eye inward.

Smaller chest muscle under pectoralis major

A finger muscle supports the movement of the fingers.

Rectus femoris: front thigh quadriceps muscle, aids kicking.

Describes the myocardium, cardiac muscle.

ear muscles

A pelvic muscle supports and moves the pelvis.

Inferior rectus depresses the eyeball

A general name for the adductor muscles of the thigh.

Main elbow‑flexor muscle on front of upper arm.

Uña

Neck muscles include sternocleidomastoid etc.

Right hamstring: one side of the rear‑thigh muscle group.

Verga

Right bicep: side‑specific of the biceps brachii muscle.

Rhomboid major: large upper‑back muscle stabilizing scapula.

Rib muscles: intercostals between ribs, help breathing.

Serratus is a saw-toothed muscle group on the ribs.

Misspelling/slang of pecs, chest muscles

A back muscle helps support and move the spine.

Generic for abductor muscles, move limb away.

As in rectus femoris, part of quadriceps group.

Generic term for intrinsic and extrinsic foot muscles.

Generic, but refers to muscles in forearm region.

Myocardium is the cardiac muscle layer of the heart.

Leg muscles are a valid group of skeletal muscles.

Casual name for flexors/extensors around elbow

Front shin muscle; dorsiflexes the foot.

Right deltoid is the shoulder abductor muscle

Rotator refers to muscles that rotate a body part.

Anal/rectal sphincter is a circular smooth muscle

A valid term for muscles around the hip 💪

Relating to gluteal muscle group of the buttocks.

Group of thigh muscles pulling leg inward.

“Six-pack” commonly means the abdominal muscles 💪

Extraocular muscle moving eye laterally

Lower abs are the lower portion of the abdominal muscles.

Pelvic floor is a group of support muscles

Usually means buccinator, facial muscle for chewing.

Scalene muscles: neck muscles aiding breathing

General term for voluntary body muscles

A butt muscle is a common name for a gluteal muscle.

Refers to tongue muscles; lingua = tongue

Temporalis is a chewing muscle on the side of the skull.

Right calf = gastrocnemius–soleus muscle group