muscles

Question 1

what’s the muscle pair to the triceps branchii

Answer 1

bicep branchii

Question 2

what is the muscle pair to the quadriceps

Answer 2

hamstrings

Question 3

what is the muscle pair to the forearm supinators

Answer 3

forearm pronators

Question 4

what is the muscle pair to the gluteals

Answer 4

iliopsoas (hip flexors)

Question 5

what is the muscle pair to the deltoids

Answer 5

latissimus dorsi

Question 6

what is the muscle pair to the gastrocnemuis

Answer 6

tibialis anterior

Question 7

what is the muscle pair to the pectoralis major

Answer 7

trapezius

Question 8

what is the muscle pair to the erector spinae

Answer 8

abdominals

Question 9

what is the muscle pair to the wrist flexors

Answer 9

wrist extensors

Question 10

what is the muscle pair to the adductors

Answer 10

abductors

Question 11

what is the agonist

Answer 11

the muscle contracting to produce the desired movement

Question 12

what is the antagonist

Answer 12

the muscle paired with the agonist which relaxes the desired movement

Question 13

what is the synergist

Answer 13

the muscle which also contracts to help the agonist produce the desired movement

Question 14

what is the fixator

Answer 14

the muscle that stops any unwanted movement by stabilising nearby joints

Question 15

what is concentric muscle contraction

Answer 15

muscle shortens under tension
e.g. up phase of a bicep curl

Question 16

what is eccentric muscle contraction

Answer 16

muscle lengthening under tension
e.g. down phase of a bicep curl

Question 17

what is isometric muscle contraction

Answer 17

muscle contracting but there is no change in length
e.g. plank or crucifix in gymnastics

Question 18

what does your sternocleidomastoid do

Answer 18

elevation of the shoulder (shoulder flexion)

Question 19

what does your brachioradialis do

Answer 19

pronation and flexion at the elbow
hyperextension at the wrists

Question 20

what does your satoruis do

Answer 20

extension at the knee

Question 21

what does the soleus do

Answer 21

plantarflexion

Question 22

what does the rhomboid do

Answer 22

horizontal extension at the arm
retraction