Terms
The point at which a muscles tendonattaches to the more stationary bone.
What is origin?
The movement when the biceps brachii contracts.
What is flexion of the forearm?
The muscle that raises your eyebrows.
What is the frontalis?
The muscle under (on the interior) of the shoulder blade.
What is the subscapularis?
The antagonist of the flexor digitorum.
What is the extensor digitorum?
The point at which a muscles tendon attaches to the more moveable bone.
What is insertion?
Movement away from the midline of the body.
What is abduction?
The 2 origins of the pectoralis muscle.
What are clavicle and sternum?
The largest muscle in the body.
What is the gluteus maximus?
One muscle that helps to turn your hand palm down onto a surface.
What is the pronator teres or pronator quadratus (or any pronator)?
The largest part of the muscle which actually contains cells.
What is the belly?
The movement that allows you to point your toes.
What is plantar flexion?
The muscle used to do "crunches"
What is rectus abdominalis?
The muscle between the shoulder blade and the spine that moves the shoulder blades toward the spine.
What is the romboideus?
The 3 muscles that make up the hamstring.
What are the biceps femoris, semitendonosus and semimembranosus?
Muscles that work together.
What are synergists?
The movement of your leg when the sartorious contracts.
What is flexion and lateral rotation?
The muscle that enables you to flex your head putting your chin to your chest as well as turning your head side to side.
What is the sternocleidomastoid.
The origin of the trapezius.
What is the spine?
The muscle that must contract for you to stand on your toes.
What is the gastrocnemius?
A muscle that works opposite of another muscle.
What is antagonist?
Contraction of the extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis these 2 movements.
What are extend and abduct the hand?
The 3 muscles that enable mastication.
What are the temporalis, masseter and the pterygoids?
The major muscle used when rowing.
What is the latissumus dorsi?
The muscles in the forearm that create movement in the arms.
What are the extrinsic hand muscles?