Meaning: After death. Context examples: these piano pieces were published posthumously / he was honored posthumously. Pertainym: posthumous (occurring or coming into existence after a person's death)
Word Origin and History for muscle Expand. n. late 14c., from Middle French muscle muscle, sinew (14c.) and directly from Latin musculus a muscle, literally little mouse, diminutive of mus mouse (see mouse (n.)). So called because the shape and movement of some muscles (notably biceps) were thought to resemble mice. The analogy was made in Greek, too, where mys is both mouse and muscle, and its comb. form gives the medical prefix myo-. In Middle English, lacerte, from the Latin word for lizard, also was used as a word for a muscle. Musclez & lacertez bene one selfe Ã¾ing, Bot Ã¾e muscle is said to Ã¾e fourme of mouse & lacert to Ã¾e fourme of a lizard.
Structure [edit]. The brachialis originates from the lower half of the front of the humerus, near the insertion of the deltoid muscle, which it embraces by two angular processes.Its origin extends below to within 2.5 cm of the margin of the articular surface of the humerus at the elbow joint.he brachialis muscle and brachial muscle can be considered as the anglicized variant of the Latin expression musculus bracchialis. In classical Latin bracchialis means of or belonging to the arm, and is derived from classical Latin bracchium ,arm.