Head muscles
The "six pack"
What is rectus abdominus?
This is a group of four muscles on the anterior leg
What is quadriceps?
This means to decrease the angle between two bones
What is Flexion?
There are this many muscles in the body.
What is 600?
Occurs when a ligament is wrenched or torn
What is a sprain?
This muscle controls blinking
What is the obicularis oculi?
This is a group of 3 muscles on the posterior leg
What are hamstrings?
What is Rotation?
A ring-like muscle that constricts a passageway.
What is a sphincter?
Occurs when a muscle is stretched or torn
What is a strain?
The muscle that moves the jaw up during mastication
What is the masseter?
This muscle contracts with plantar flexion.
What is the gastrocnemius?
This moves the scapulae towards the spine and each other.
What is Retraction?
non-elastic, dense, fibrous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone
What is a tendon?
Formed from 3 divisions on the posterior arm.
What is tricep brachii?
The muscle that raises and lowers the eyebrows
What is the frontalis?
The largest muscle of the body
What is the gluteus maximus?
This is the act of rotating the arm so the palm is turned upwards.
What is supination?
Muscles work opposite of each other and are arranged in these pairs.
What is antagonistic pairs?
Shaped like an inverted triangle on the shoulder.
What is a deltoid?
Abdominal muscle named because it's fibers slant at an angle.
What is obliques?
This muscle extends the leg at the knee.
What is the rectus femoris?
An extreme or overextension of a limb beyond the normal limit
What is hyperextension?
The stimulation of a muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve.
What is muscle innervation?
What is biceps brachii?