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 belly of the muscle is the fleshy part of the muscle in between the tendons that does the actual contraction. Names of Skeletal Muscles. Skeletal muscles are named based on many different factors, including their location, origin and insertion, number of origins, shape, size, direction, and function.1  Location. Origin and Insertion. 2  Some muscles are named based upon their connection to a stationary bone (origin) and a moving bone (insertion). 3  These muscles become very easy to identify once you know the names of the bones that they are attached to.