Muscles of the Body Word Search
Free Muscles of the Body word search. We picked 12 themed words — the parts and systems of the human body — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: BICEPS, TRICEPS, DELTOID, PECTORAL, LATISSIMUS, TRAPEZIUS, RHOMBOID, SERRATUS, OBLIQUES, RECTUS, ABDOMINIS, GLUTEUS.
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Muscles of the Body word list, defined
- BICEPS /ˈbaɪsɛps/ · noun
- A large skeletal muscle at the front of the upper arm that flexes the forearm and rotates it outward; in anatomy, more precisely one of two such muscles (biceps brachii and biceps femoris). Informally, a well-developed upper-arm muscle regarded as a sign of strength. Related: muscle, brawn.
- TRICEPS /ˈtraɪsiːps/ · noun
- The triceps is the large muscle at the back of the upper arm that extends the forearm at the elbow. More generally, the term can refer to a muscle with three heads. Related: triceps brachii, triceps muscle.
- DELTOID /ˈdɛltɔɪd/ · noun
- The deltoid is a thick, triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, responsible for raising the arm away from the body. As an adjective, deltoid means shaped like the Greek letter delta (Δ), that is, triangular. Related: shoulder muscle, deltoideus.
- PECTORAL /ˈpɛktərəl/ · adjective; noun
- Relating to the chest or breast. As a noun, a pectoral is a fin or muscle associated with the front of the body of a fish or other animal. Related: chest, breast, thoracic, frontally.
- TRAPEZIUS /trəˈpiːziəs/ · noun
- A large, paired muscle of the upper back and neck that attaches the skull, vertebral column, collarbone, and shoulder blade. It helps move and stabilize the shoulder and neck and is commonly strained during lifting or other strenuous activity.
- RHOMBOID /ˈrɑm.bɔɪd/ · adjective and noun
- Rhomboid means shaped like a rhombus, especially like a parallelogram with equal sides and oblique angles. As a noun, it usually refers to one of the rhomboid muscles of the upper back. Related: diamond-shaped, rhombic, oblique, lozenge-shaped.
- SERRATUS /səˈreɪtəs/ · adjective; noun
- Serratus means having or resembling a saw-like edge or series of teeth. As a noun, it refers chiefly to the serratus anterior, a muscle of the chest and shoulder region. Related: serrated, saw-toothed, sawlike.
- OBLIQUES /əˈbliːks/ · noun
- In geometry, obliques are lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular to one another. The term is used especially in descriptive geometry and technical drawing to distinguish such elements from horizontal or vertical ones. Related: oblique lines, oblique planes, sloping lines, inclined planes.
- RECTUS /ˈrɛktəs/ · noun
- Any of several straight muscles, especially either of the paired muscles of the abdominal wall known collectively as the rectus abdominis. As an adjective, rectus means straight or correctly aligned. Related: straight muscle, rectus muscle.
- GLUTEUS /ˈɡluːtiəs/ · noun
- The gluteus is any of the three large muscles of the buttock: the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, or gluteus minimus. In general and fitness contexts, the term often refers specifically to the gluteus maximus. Related: glute, gluteal muscle, buttock muscle.
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