Muscles of the Back
This muscle is named for its shape. The muscle is a postural and active movement muscle, used to tilt and turn the head and neck, shrug, steady the shoulders, and twist the arms.
What is Trapezius?
Has four actions which are primarily responsible for movement of the shoulder joint
Supinates the hand, flexes the elbow when the hand is supinated, and helps move the upper arm up and towards the body at the shoulder.
A doubled headed muscle in the back of your calf
What is Gastrocnemius?
This muscle controls movements of the mouth
A small skeletal muscle on the back that connects the scapula with the vertebrae of the spinal column
What is Rhomboid Minor?
Allow’s the forward rotation of the arm and to pull the scapula forward and around the rib cage.
What is Serratus Anterior?
This muscle flexes the forearm at the elbow, especially when quick movement is required and when a weight is lifted during slow flexion of the forearm
What is Brachioradialis?
This muscle is attached to the pelvis and tibia via tendons. The muscle has several functions, including enabling the leg to flex and rotate, and serving as a thigh extensor
What is Semimembranosus?
It’s purpose is to pull back the angle of the mouth and to flatten the cheek area, which aids in holding the cheek to the teeth during chewing
What is Buccinator?
Helps to hold the scapula (and thus the upper limb) onto the ribcage
What is Rhomboid Minor?
This muscle helps pull the chest, as a whole, downwards, which compresses the abdominal cavity.
What is External Oblique?
This muscle creates extension and adduction of the arm at the glenohumeral joint.
What is Triceps Brachii Lateral head?
One of the strongest muscles in the human body, and is connected to coccyx
What is Gluteus Maximus?
This muscle attaches to the skin around the eyebrows, this muscle's main function is to raise the eyebrows
What is Frontalis?
What is the largest muscle in the upper body?
What is Latissimus Dorsi?
The main functions of this muscle is to support the abdominal wall, help with forced respirations, provide stability to the spine, and aid with trunk rotation
What is Internal Obliques?
Allows you to flex your shoulder joint and rotate the shoulder inward
What is Deltoid?
This muscle acts to weakly plantar flex the ankle
What is Plantaris?
The main function of this muscle is to move the mandible or lower jaw
What is Temporalis?
The muscle that contributes to the movement and stabilization of the vertebral column and the thorax
What is Serratus Posterior?
The main function of this muscle is flexion of the trunk
This muscle is a medial rotator and adductor of the humerus and assists the latissimus dorsi in drawing the previously raised humerus downwards and backwards (extension, but not hyper extension).
What is Teres Major?
The only muscle that flexes the hip
What is Rectus Femoris?
The main function is to help bite down or chew
What is Masseter?