Flashcards in Muscles Deck (11)
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What are the muscles in the hips and thighs?
-Abductors
-Adductors
-Hamstrings
-Quadriceps
-Gluteals
2
What are extensors?
Muscles that straighten a limb at a joint; or move the connected bones further away from each other
3
What are muscles controlled by?
The nervous system.
It sends electrochemical impulses through neurons that cause muscle fibres to contract or relax and joints to move.
4
What are adductors?
Muscles that move a limb towards the midline.
5
What are the muscles in the torso?
-Obliques (external and internal)
-Pectorals
-Latissimus Dorsi
-Rectus Abdominus
-Transverse Abdominus
6
What are abductors?
Muscles that move a limb away from the midline.
7
What are flexors?
Muscles that bend a limb at a joint; or move the connected bones closer together.
8
What are the muscles in the lower legs?
-Gastrocnemius
-Achilles Tendon
-Tibialis Anterior
-Tibialis Posterior
9
What muscles make up the abdominal wall?
-Rectus Abdominus
-Internal Obliques
-External Obliques
-Transverse Abdominus
10
Name the three gluteal muscles.
1. Gluteus maximus
2. Gluteus minimus
3. Gluteus medius
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