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Body 19 words

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  1. glute
    any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh
  2. buttock
    either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
  3. lat
    a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
  4. hamstring
    one of the tendons at the back of the knee
  5. tendon
    a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
  6. flexor
    a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
  7. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
  8. quad
    a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
  9. erect
    upright in position or posture
  10. spine
    the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
  11. gastrocnemius
    the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot
  12. Achilles
    a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
  13. physique
    constitution of the human body
  14. biceps
    any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
  15. fascia
    instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
  16. organ
    wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
  17. calf
    young of domestic cattle
  18. squat
    sit on one's heels
  19. lunge
    the act of moving forward suddenly