Soc 14 Flashcards
Voluntary muscles
Muscles that are under your control
Unvoluntary
Muscles that are not under your control
Cardiac Muscle
Very specialised involuntary muscle only found in the heart.
Slow twitch
Endurance activities, darker in colour
Fast twitch IIa
Anaerobic, 400m 800m
Fast twitch IIx
Generate more power 60m 100m 200m
Deltoid
Upper part of body, raise arms in all directions
Pectoralis major
Upper part of body covering chest
Latissmis dorsi.
Back of body, abducts arm at the shoulder
Biceps
Top of each arm at the front, flex arm at the elbow
Triceps
Top of arm at the back, extends arm at elbow
External obliques
Side of the abdomen, pulls the chest downwards. Flex and rotate spinal cord
Gluteals
Middle of the body forming the bottom
Hip flexors
Deep in the front of the body and connects legs to body. Flexes hip, helps knees up
Quadriceps
Extend leg at the knee