Muscles
These are the main muscles in the back of your thighs.
What are the hamstrings?
This is defined as "a decrease in the angle of a joint".
What is flexion?
This is the area where two bones meet.
What is a joint?
This is the muscle you're targeting with curls.
What is the bicep brachii?
These hold a joint together.
What are tendons and ligaments?
These muscles pull your legs toward the midline of your body.
What are the adductors?
When you perform a tricep kickback, the muscle is activated through which anatomical movement?
What is extension?
This is what tendons connect.
What is bone to muscle?
The main muscle you're targeting when you bench press.
What is the pectoralis major?
This type of joint allows circular rotation.
What is ball and socket?
This is the most superior muscle you were asked to learn.
What is the trapezius?
Rotation away from the midline of your body is known as this.
What is external?
Your knee is this kind of joint.
What is hinge?
The two muscles you learned that core exercises target.
What are the external obliques and rectus abdominus?
This is the category of muscles that help with a movement.
What are the synergists?
This is the longest muscle in your body.
What is the sartorius?
The term that means "pointing your toes to the floor".
What is plantar flexion?
This is what ligaments connect.
What is bone to bone?
Combined, these two muscles make up your calf.
What are the soleus and the gastrocnemius?
Name one muscle the Achilles tendon connects to.
What is the soleus or gastrocnemius?
This fan shaped muscle wraps around the side of the rib cage and holds the scapula flat.
What is the serratus anterior?
When you perform a lateral raise, the raising phase is ________ and the lowering phase is ________.
What are abduction and adduction.
What bones are connected by the ACL?
The femur and the tibia.
This muscle has three heads and is targeted by an exercise called the Arnold press.
What is the deltoid?
When performing a bicep curl, the anatomical movement that targets the primary muscle is ______ and this muscle is the antagonist.
What is flexion and the triceps brachii.