Muscles To Do With Manicure Flashcards
Trapezius
Position- upper back
Action- pulls the scapula back pulls the head back
Pectoralis
Position- chest muscle
action- adducts arms towards body
Deltoid
Position -caps to shoulder
Action- abducts arms away from body
Levator scapulae
Position- top of scapula and connects to the vertebrae in the cervical section of the neck
Action- elevates and the tracks Scapula you bring shoulder towards the ear
Biceps
Position-runs along the inside of humerous
Action- flexes the shoulder flexes the forearm and the palm upwards
Triceps
Position- Runs along the humerus
Action- extending and straightening the arm at the elbow
Extensor carpi radialis longus brevis
Position- runs along the radius
Action- extension and abduction of the wrist (moving away from the centre of the body)
Flexor carpi radialis
Position - connects from the humerus and the carpal bones wrapped around the ulna
Action- flexion and abduction of the hand at the wrist
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Position-found on the ulna side of the forearm
Action- it acts to extend and adducts the wrist (bringing towards the body)
Flexor carpi ulnaris
Position-found on the ulna side of the forearm
Action flexes the wrist and adducts the hand (bringing the limbs towards the midline of the body)
Extensor digitorum
Position-Found at the posterior (back of )the forearm
Action- extension of the wrist and fingers
Thenar eminence
Position- located at the base of the thumb
action- flexion of the thumb and movement of the thumb in opposition to the fingers
sterno cleido mastoid
Position- side of the neck
Action- moves head side to side
platysma
Position- front of the neck
Action- pulls lower jaw down
