Opponent is an adjective that is used to describe the one or thing that opposes or opposes . The verb oppose , meanwhile, refers to opposing, objecting or challenging , or to being in front of something .
For example: “The American boxer already has an opponent: he will defend his belt against an experienced Mexican boxer” , “The president will go for a new re-election, although this time he will have to overcome a tough opponent” , “The Ferrari driver has no opponents who "they can compete for the championship ."
The idea of opponent is often used in the field of sports . The rival of a soccer team , to mention one case, is its opponent: if Barcelona and Real Madrid face each other, one is the other's opponent and vice versa. The same thing happens with two tennis players playing against each other.
In other types of competitions , the notion of opponent is also used. Two candidates vying for access to the presidency of a country are opponents. For one to achieve his goal, he will inevitably have to defeat the other in the presidential elections. Television talent contests , on the other hand, often generate confrontations between opponents to define the winners of each instance.
One of the terms most commonly used in conjunction with this is the verb to harass . When we talk about "harassing the opponent" we are referring to having offensive behavior towards him, which can develop in different ways depending on several factors, such as the personality of each one, the environment in which they are found and the relationship that unites them. . In the context of a sports competition, harassment can have varied repercussions, from indifference on the part of the other to a sanction by the authorities of the event.
It is very important to remember that the figure of the opponent in the world of professional sports is nothing more than a necessary element to play by the rules, but we should always treat other participants with respect and kindness. Rivalry should not extend beyond the rules of the game, the role that others have in our quest to score points or meet the objectives we set to win a game.
After all, the word opponent refers to the other person being in front of us, on the other side, but we should not understand it as a synonym for " enemy " if we are talking about a sport. Since playing fields are generally organized into two opposing halves, each corresponding to a team, it makes sense to use the inevitable difference in the position of each team to name them.
The opponens pollicis muscle , finally, is located in the hand. It is a small, triangular-shaped muscle that is located in the thenar eminence and that enables the opposition of the thumb (that is, the tip of the thumb can move to the tip of the other fingers or to the central part of the palm).
The muscle mass whose appearance resembles a drop of water and is located in the lowest part of the thumb is called the thenar eminence . The skin that doctors stimulate when carrying out the exam that looks for the palmomental reflex (a contraction of the chin and orbicularis oris) sits on this area.
The origin of the opponent muscle is located in the adjacent flexor retinaculum and tubercle of the trapezius bone . From there it descends down the side until it inserts into the first metacarpal bone . Like other muscles of the same mass, it is innervated by a branch of the median nerve.