Shoulder Girdle
This superficial shoulder muscle has three heads.
What are the Deltoids?
This major muscle, located in the anterior (front) part of the upper body, is responsible for pushing motions and is commonly targeted in exercises like bench presses and push-ups.
What is the Pectoralis Major?
Two part question: The movement created by the quadriceps at the hip, at the knee.
What are flexion and extension?
This, the largest muscle of the upper back, is one of the primary movers during pullups.
What is the Latissimus Dorsi?
The movement created by the hamstrings at the knee.
What is flexion?
This is the Acronym for the Rotator Cuff muscles.
What is SITS?
This anterior upper body muscle is known as the "six-pack" and plays a crucial role in core stability and flexion.
What is the Rectus Abdominus?
This muscle, when inflamed due to overuse, is responsible for the condition known as shin splints.
What is the Tibialis Anterior?
The antagonist muscle of the biceps.
What is the triceps?
These are the meaty muscles on which we commonly sit.
What are the gluteals?
This muscle runs from the neck and upper spine down to the middle of the back and helps control the movement of the shoulder blades.
What is the trapezius?
These muscles, which are part of the core, are responsible for lateral flexion and rotation of the torso.
What are the Obliques?
This anterior upper leg muscle is the only muscle of the quadriceps that crosses both the hip and the knee.
What is the Rectus Femoris?
This muscle, which attaches to the spine and scapula is important in upper limb movement and stability of both the shoulder girdle and scapula.
What are the Rhomboids?
The movement created at the hip when the gluteals and hamstrings shorten.
What is extension?
Movement of the arm away from the body.
What is abduction?
These three muscles combine to create flexion at the elbow.
What are the Biceps Brachii, Brachialis, and Brachioradialis?
This muscle is the antagonist of the quadriceps.
What are the hamstrings?
This muscle extends from the base of the skull to the middle of the back and plays a key role in retracting the shoulder blades, making it vital for pulling and maintaining good posture.
What is the Trapezius?
These two muscles are responsible for plantar flexion of the foot and are crucial for the stabilization of the body and keeping humans upright on two feet.
What are the Gastrocnemius and Soleus?
The four rotator cuff muscles.
What are Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, and Subscapularis?
The three movements created by the pectoralis major.
What are flexion, internal rotation, and adduction of the arm?
The four muscles of the quadriceps.
What are Rectus Femoris, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Lateralis, and Vastus Intermedius?
This muscle, part of the inner core, is crucial for stabilizing the spine and is activated during exercises like bird dogs and supermans.
What is the Erector Spinae group? Also accept Multifidus.
The three muscles of the hamstrings.
What are the Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus, and Semimembranosus.