Lights, Camera, Action
Battle of the bands
What do you see?
Name that name
What am I doing?
100

closes the eye

Orbicularis Oculi

100

Contains only thin filaments (actin)

I band

100


Subscapularis 

100

Brevis

Short 

100

Action 1

Shoulder flexion

200

Extends forearm at elbow joint and extends arm
at shoulder joint

Triceps Brachii 

200

A light region in the middle of the A band

H zone

200


Sartorius 

200

Pectoralis

Chest

200

Action 2

Shoulder abduction

300

pulls the corner of mouth laterally; presses the
cheek against the teeth

buccinator 

300

Edges of a sarcomere are determined by this 

Z line

300


Rectus Femoris

300

Deltoid

Triangular

300
Action 3

Shoulder circumduction

400

Lateral fibers abduct arm at shoulder joint


Anterior fibers flex & medially rotate arm at
shoulder joint

Posterior fibers extend & laterally rotate arm at shoulder joint

Deltoid

400

The dark band in skeletal muscle

A band 

400


Sternocleidomastoid

400

Rectus

Straight

400

Action 4

Shoulder internal rotation/medial rotation (elbow extended) 

500

Name the 3 muscles that flex leg at knee joint & extends thigh at hip joint

Biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus 
500

A dark line in the middle of the A band

M line 

500


Latissimus dorsi 

500

Interosi

In between bones

500

Action 5

Shoulder external rotation/lateral rotation at 90 degrees