This is the most powerful of the chewing muscles
What is Masseter muscles
The main function of the thoracic limbs is this?
What is locomotion
This muscle along with the Hamstring group is an extensor muscle of the hip joint
What is Gluteal muscle
This is a thin, dome shaped sheet of muscle that separates the thorax from the abdomen
What is diaphragm.
This is not a muscle, but muscle attaches to it as it runs down the center of the abdomen
What is Linea alba
These muscles raise the head and neck
What are the splenius and trapezius muscles
When this muscle contracts it extends the elbow
What is Triceps brachii
This muscle and/or group of muscles help to extend the hip and are the main flexors of the stifle joint.
What is the Hamstring Group
How many sets of intercostal muscles are present.
What is 2
This muscle runs along the linea alba
What is Rectus abdominus
The brachiocephalicus muscle does this?
What is extend the head and pulls the front leg forward
This muscle extends from the distal end of the scapula to the proximal end of the radius.
What is Biceps brachii
This is a powerful extensor muscle of the hock
What is Gastrocnemius muscle
The muscles of the respiratory system do this to the thoracic cavity
What is increase or decrease the size
This muscle runs along at an angle
What is abdominal oblique
This flexor muscle is located on the ventral aspect of the neck.
What is the sternocephalicus muscle
This muscle flexes the shoulder and propels the animal forward
What is Latissimus dorsi
What is the Epaxial muscle group.
This is what happens to ribs during a breath in.
What is the ribs rotate upward and forward
This muscle is the deepest muscle of the abdomen
What is Transversus abdominus
Why are neck flexor muscles smaller than the neck extensor muscles?
What is gravity helps the head lower to the ground.
This muscle attaches to the lateral surface of the scapula and runs down to the humerus. It is an abductor muscle and flexes the shoulder.
What is Deltoid muscle
This is the main extensor muscle of the stifle
What is Quadriceps femoris muscle
These muscles are involved in breathing in.
What are the external intercostal muscles and the diaphragm.
Some of the functions involved with the abdominal muscles are:
What are Urination, Defecation, & Parturition