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Decreasing angle between two bones; "bending a joint"
Flexion
Increasing angle between two bones; "Unbending a joint"
Extension
Turning palm towards the sky
Supination
Turing palm towards the ground
Pronation
Movement away from the midline
ABduction
Movement towards the midline
ADduction
Pointing toes towards the floor
Plantar Flexion
Pulling toes up to the sky
Dorsiflexion
Turning the bottom of the foot toward the midline
Inversion
Turning the bottom of the foot to the outside
Eversion
Turning entire leg or arm so the fingers/toes face away from the body
Lateral Rotation
Turning the entire leg or arm so the fingers/toes face towards the midline
Medial Rotation
Doing "arm circles"; moving 360 degrees at a ball and socket joint (shoulder or hip)
Circumduction
The "kissing" muscle
Orbicularis Oris
Used in winking
Orbicularis Oculi
Used to form the horizontal frowm crease on the forehead or to raise your eyebrows
Frontalis
Used in smiling
Zygomaticus
Used to suck in your cheeks
Buccinator
Synergist muscle for jaw closure
Temporalis
Prime mover of jaw closure
Masseter
Prime mover of head flexion; a two-headed muscle
Sternocleidomastoid (SCM)
Wrist flexor that follows the ulna
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Muscle that extends the fingers
Extensor Digitorum
Muscle that flexes the fingers
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
Muscle that allows you to bend (flex) the elbow
Biceps Brachii
Muscle that extends the elbow
Triceps Brachii
Powerful shoulder abductor, used to raise the arm overhead
Deltoid
The name means "straight muscle of the abdomen"; most superficial
Rectus Abdominis
Prime mover for shoulder flexion and adduction
Pectoralis Major
Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement
Prime Mover
Muscle that opposes or reverses a prime mover
Antagonist
Muscle that aids a prime mover in a movement and helps prevent rotation
Synergist
Stabilizes the origin of a prime mover
Fixator
Attachment to a immoveable bone
Origin
Attachment to an movable bone
Insertion
Name the five golden rules of gross mucle activity.
1. All muscles cross at least one joint
2. Bulk of muscles lies proximal to the joint crossed
3. All muscles have at least 2 attachments; origin & insertion
4. Muscles only pull/never push
5. During contraction the muscle insertion moves toward the origin
Pulls toes up towards the sky (dorsiflexion)
Tibialis Anterior
Eversion of ankle
Fibularis Longus
Thigh adduction
Adductor Group
Longest muscle, knee flexions, and lateral rotation
Sartorius
Thigh adduction near the adductor group
Gracilis
Extends the knee and flexes the hip
Rectus Femoris
A muscle of the quads that is closest to the midline and helps extends the knee and flexes the hip
Vastus Medialis
A muscle of the quads that is farest from the midline and helps extends the knee and flexes hip
Vastus Lateralis
Fibers diagonally down toward the midline, helps with "twisting" and also called "love handles"
External Oblique
Part of the abdominal muscles that is the deepest layer and fibers go straight across the abdomen in which compresses the abdominal
Transversus Abdominis
Part of the abdominal muscles that fibers go diagonally up towards the midline
Internal Oblique
Leg extension and lateral rotation
Gluteus Maximus
Abduction of the hip
Gluteus Medius
Extension and adduction of the shoulder and aids in "rowing"
Latissimus Dorsi
"Calf" muscle; plantar flexes and inverts the ankle
Gastrocnemius
Plantar flexion of the ankle
Soleus
Extends the neck and keeps your head up
Trapezius
Flexes the knee and extends the hip and is part of the hamstrings
Biceps Femoris
Lateral hamstring muscle
Semitendinosus
A type of exercise that involves:
Endurance
Low weights
Increase of oxygen storage
Increase of mitchondria
Makes us fatigue resisant
Aerobic
A type of exercise that involves:
Increase number of contractile filaments
Increase muscle size
Increase muscle strangth
Resistance
Author
bbergeron
ID
124423
Card Set
Muscular System Quiz #2
Description
Test 12/20/11
Updated
2011-12-20T05:38:38Z
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