Intro and Abs

Question 1

What are muscles attached by?

Answer 1

Tendons to the bones

Question 2

Describe Flexion?

Answer 2

decreasing the angle between two bones (bending)

Question 3

Describe extension

Answer 3

increasing the angle between two bones (straightening a bend)

Question 4

Name all 3 types of muscle fibers

Answer 4

Musculoskeletal system, smooth and Cardiac

Question 5

How many layers are there in the Abdominal muscles?

Answer 5

7

Question 6

Name all the Abdominal Muscles

Answer 6

Rectus abdominis, External Oblique, Internal Oblique, Transverse abdominal

Question 7

Which layer is the most outmost layer (superficial layer)?

Answer 7

Rectus Abdominis

Question 8

What is the function of the Rectus Abdominis?

Answer 8

Spinal flexion, cough and aids with posterior tilt of pelvis

Question 9

What is the Rectus Abdominis made of?

Answer 9

Long, thin muscle whose fibers run vertically down the body, beginning between the fifth and seventh ribs and ending at the pubic bone. Made up of the 6 pack

Question 10

Where are the external obliques

Answer 10

They run diagonally from the ribs to the pelvis and the side of your eight pack -

Question 11

Functions of External oblique

Answer 11

Help rotate the trunk and they provide support and stability of the gut

Question 12

Where are the internal obiques

Answer 12

The internal obliques go upwards towards the ribs

Question 13

Functions of internal obliques

Answer 13

flexes and bends the trunk,

Question 14

Which ab muscles is in the deepest layer

Answer 14

Transverse abdominal

Question 15

How to activate your TA’s

Answer 15

Activate your transverse abdominal by bringing your belly to spine and lengthenining your spine

Question 15

Where and what are the transverse abdominal

Answer 15

they wrap around the abdominal region and act as a support belt of the abdominal. It originates from from the lower 6 ribs and comes around the ilacst crest and ingranual ligiment and attaches itself to proterier part of the internal obliques and the linear alba.

Question 15

What are the Functions of Transverse Abdominal

Answer 15

Its main roles are to stabilise the trunk and maintain internal abdominal pressure.