muscles Flashcards

1
Q

what are the 3 types of muscles

A

agonist, antagonist, fixator

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

what is the agonist muscle

A

muscle of muscles responsible for the movement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

what is the example of the agonist muscle

A

knee flexes, the biceps femoris on the posterior side of the femur contracts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

what is the antagonist muscle

A

muscle or muscles that relax that relax in response to the active muscle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

what is the example of the antagonist muscle

A

when the knee flexes, the rectus femoris on the superior side of the femur is relaxed and this allows the knee to go into flexion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

what is the fixator muscle

A

muscle or muscles that help to stabilise a joint or joints

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

what is the example of a fixator muscle

A

while the biceps and rectus femoris are acting as agonists and antagonists the abdominal, obliques and spinle muscles act as fixators holding the body still while it works

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

what are 6 examples of agonist muscles

A

elbow, hips, knee, ankle, shoulder, vertebral column

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

what flexes at the elbow

A

biceps brachii

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

what extends at the elbow

A

triceps brachii

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

what flexes at the hips

A

iliopsoas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

what extends at the hips

A

gluteus maximus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

what abducts at the hips

A

gluteus medias

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

what adducts at the hips

A

adductor longus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

what flexes at the knee

A

biceps femoris, semi teodinosus, semimembranosus (hamstrings)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

what extends at the knee

A

rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis (quadracepts)

17
Q

what plantar flexes at the ankle

A

gastrochemius

18
Q

what dorsi flexes at the ankle

A

tribialis anterior

19
Q

what flexes at the shoulder

A

anterior deltoid

20
Q

what extends at the shoulder

A

posterior deltoid

21
Q

what abducts at the shoulder

A

middle deltoid

22
Q

what adducts at the shoulder

A

latissimus dorsi

23
Q

what horizontally flexes at the shoulder

A

pectoralis major

24
Q

what horizontally extends at the shoulder

25
Q

what flexes at the vertebral column

A

rectus abdominus

26
Q

what extends at the vertebral column

A

erector square

27
Q

what laterally flexes at the vertebral column