body movements and muscles

Question 1

flexion

Answer 1

movement that decreases the angle of the joint and brings two bones closer together

Question 2

extension

Answer 2

movement that increases the angle, or the distance between two bones

Question 3

rotation

Answer 3

movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis (shaking your head no”

Question 4

abduction

Answer 4

moving a limb away from the midline, or median plane, of the body

Question 5

adduction

Answer 5

movement of a limb or body parts toward the body midline

Question 6

dorsiflexion

Answer 6

lifting the foot so that the superior surface (toes) approaches the shins

Question 7

plantarflexion

Answer 7

depressing the foot and pointing the toes toward the floor

Question 8

inversion

Answer 8

turning the soles of the foot medially

Question 9

eversion

Answer 9

turn the sole laterally

Question 10

supination

Answer 10

forearms rotate laterally so that the palms face anteriorly (soup please)

Question 11

pronation

Answer 11

forearms rotate medially so that the palms face posteriorly

Question 12

opposition

Answer 12

action by which you move your thumb to touch the tips of the other fingers on the same hand

Question 13

frontals

Answer 13

forehead; raises the eyebrows

Question 14

orbicularis oris

Answer 14

below the lower lip; closes and protrudes the lips

Question 15

orbicularis oculi

Answer 15

“bags of the eyes”; blinks and closes the eye

Question 16

buccinator

Answer 16

cheek area; chewing, sucking, whistling

Question 17

zygomaticus

Answer 17

cheekbone; raises corner of the mouth

Question 18

masseter

Answer 18

from the cheekbone to the mandible; closes the jaw

Question 19

temporalis

Answer 19

side of the head above the ear; closes the jaw

Question 20

platysma

Answer 20

anterior neck region; pulls corner of mouth inferiorly

Question 21

sternocleidomastoid

Answer 21

lateral sides of the neck; flexes neck, rotates head

Question 22

pectoralis major

Answer 22

breast area; adducts and flexes arm at shoulder joint

Question 23

rectus abdominis

Answer 23

between the ribs and pelvis; flex vertebral column

Question 24

external obliques

Answer 24

lateral sides of the abdominal wall; flex and rotate vertebral column

Question 25

trapezius

Answer 25

upper back of the shoulders and neck; extends the neck

Question 26

latissimus dorsi

Answer 26

lower posterior trunk; extends and adducts arm at shoulder joint

Question 27

erector spinae

Answer 27

extend on both sides of the vertebral column; extends vertebral column

Question 28

deltoid

Answer 28

crown the shoulder; abducts the arm at shoulder joint

Question 29

bicep brachii

Answer 29

anterior upper arm; flexes arm at elbow, supinates forearm

Question 30

tricep brachii

Answer 30

posterior upper arm; extends the arm at elbow joint

Question 31

forearm muscles

Answer 31

flexing and extending the wrist

Question 32

gluteus maximus

Answer 32

buttcheek; extension of the leg at the hip

Question 33

gluteus medius

Answer 33

area right above butt laterally; abducts the leg at the hip

Question 34

hamstring group

Answer 34

semimembranosus
semitendinosus
bicep femoris
flex leg at the knee, extend leg at the hip

Question 35

gastrocnemius

Answer 35

back of the lower leg; plantar flex the foot

Question 36

soleus

Answer 36

back of the lower leg; plantar flex the foot

Question 36

iliopsoas

Answer 36

flexes leg at hip

Question 37

adductor muscles

Answer 37

inner thigh; adducts the leg at hip

Question 38

sartorius

Answer 38

anterior compartment of the thigh; flex the leg at the hip

Question 39

quadricep group

Answer 39

vastus lateralis
vastus medialis
vastus intermedius
rectus femoris
superior thigh; extend the leg at the knee

Question 40

tibialis anterior

Answer 40

lateral side of the tibia; dorsiflecion of the foot