Anterior
Posterior
General
Muscle Movements
Misc.
100
What are the two muscles that surround the femur?
The Quadriceps and the Hamstrings
100
Shoulder muscle
What is the posterior deltoid
100
how many muscles are in the body?
over 600
100
Movement at a joint which decreases the angle between two body parts
What is flexion
100
shortening of the muscle fibers in response to a force
What is concentric
200
The biceps and triceps surround this bone
What is the humerus
200
the largest muscle group in the body
What is the gluteus maximus
200
The three types of muscle
What are involuntary, smooth, and cardiac muscles
200
Movement away from the midline of the body
What is abduction
200
muscle fibers that hace a slower contractile speed
What are slow twitch muscles
300
The shin muscle
What is the tibialis anterior
300
The back muscle
What is the latissimus dorsi
300
What are the three types of muscle?
What are Cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle
300
Movement of a body part in a cirlce
What is circumduction
300
muscle fibers that have a faster contractile speeds
What are fast twitch muscles
400
The sides of your body
What are the external obliques
400
The muscle below the neck
What is the trapezius
400
The percent of body weight muscles make up
What is 40 percent
400
type of flexion which decreases the angle between the top of the foot and the leg so that the toes are brought closer to the skin
What is dorsi flexion
400
An increase in muscle mass due to an increase in the size of the indivdual muscle fibers
What is muscular hypertrophy
500
When you do crunches, you work this muscle
What is the rectus abdominus
500
The calf
What is the gastrocnemius
500
What muscles do to create movement
Pull on the tendons
500
The turning of the foot laterally resulting in the sole of the foot moving outward
What is eversion
500
plays a major role in the fibers that one may have
What is genetic code
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