Bones
What bone protects your brain?
Skull
What muscle is located on the front of your upper arm?
bicep
What two muscles work together at the elbow joint?
Bicep and tricep
What movement decreases the angle at a joint?
Flexion
What bones make up the wrists?
Carpals
What bones make up the arm?
Ulna, Radius, Humerus
What attaches muscles to bone?
Tendons
In an antagonistic pair, when one muscle contracts (agonist), this happens to the other (antagonist)?
It relaxes
What is moving a limb toward the body’s midline is called?
Adduction
Where would you find Posterior Deltoid?
Back of the shoulder
what structure connects bone to bone and stabilises joints?
Ligaments
Where would you find the Latissimus Dorsi muscle?
Back
What muscles are the agonist and the antagonist in a knee extension?
Agonist - Quadriceps
Antagonist - Hamstrings
What movement is happening in the hip joint during a squat?
Down motion - flexion
Up motion - Extension
What movement happens in the elbow joint during the upwards motion of a bicep curl? And which muscle is relaxing (antagonist)?
Movement - Flexion
Antagonist - Tricep
What joint allows movement in many directions?
Ball and socket
What muscles help you stand on your toes? (the calve muscles)
gastrocnemius and soleus
What muscles are the agonist and the antagonist in a Hip flexion?
Agonist - Hip flexors (which is a group of muscles)
Antagonist - Gluteus maximus
Name the movement at the ankle joint when landing from a jump?
Dorsiflexion
What muscles are the agonist and the antagonist in dorsiflexsion?
Agonist - Anterior tibialis
Antagonist - Gastrocnemius + soleus
What are the five regions of the spine?
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx
What are the 3 main types of muscles?
Skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, cardiac muscles
why muscles must work in antagonistic pairs rather than alone?
because muscles can only pull and not push
Perform extension in the shoulder joint?
Moving arms down and behind you
Steps - 3
Hold - 3 seconds