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 seven general types of skeletal muscle. The origin of a muscle is the bone, typically proximal, which has greater mass and is more stable during a contraction than a muscle's insertion. For example, with the latissimus dorsi muscle, the origin site is the torso, and the insertion is the arm.Normally the distal (arm) moves due to having less mass.he seven general types of skeletal muscle. The origin of a muscle is the bone, typically proximal, which has greater mass and is more stable during a contraction than a muscle's insertion. For example, with the latissimus dorsi muscle, the origin site is the torso, and the insertion is the arm.