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.
The origin is the part of the body, usually a bone, where the. muscle attaches, and does not move when the muscle contracts. The insertion is the part of the body. where the muscle attaches, and moves when the muscle contracts. Some muscles are named based. upon their origin and insertion. The first part of the muscle name indicates the origin while the second part. indicates the insertion.