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.
A muscle may be given a name based on the direction of muscle fibers, or the muscle as a whole, relative to the longitudinal axis of the muscle, or body part with which the muscle is associated. The term rectus implies that the fibers or muscle is oriented straight with respect to the longitudinal axis. muscle may be given a name based on the direction of muscle fibers, or the muscle as a whole, relative to the longitudinal axis of the muscle, or body part with which the muscle is associated. The term rectus implies that the fibers or muscle is oriented straight with respect to the longitudinal axis.