Use the worksheet below to complete the assignment brief. You can download this by clicking the title ‘The Muscular System’ hyperlink below:
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This assignment includes: (THIS CRITERIA IS ALL COVERED IN THE WORKSHEET ABOVE).
Contraction, Relaxation, Attachment, Tone, Tension, Fatigue, Movement – (include (flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, supination, pronation, rotation, circumduction, inversion, eversion, plantarflexion, dorsiflexion)
Muscle | Action |
Frontalis | Raises the eyebrows |
Muscles of the head, face, neck: Buccinator, corrugator, depressor labii anguli, depressor labii inferioris, frontalis, levator anguli oris, levator labii superioris, levator palpebrae, levator scapula, masseter, mentalis, nasalis, occipitalis, orbicularis oculi, orbicularis oris, platysma, procerus, pterygoids, risorius, sternocleidomastoid, temporalis, zygomaticus.
Muscle of the anterior trunk: Iliopsoas (iliacus and psoas), internal and external intercostals, internal and external obliques, pectoralis major/minor, rectus abdominus, serratus anterior, transversalis abdominus.
Muscles of the posterior trunk: Deltoid, erector spinae, gluteal group (maximus, medius, minimus), infraspinatus, latissimus dorsi, quadratus lumborum, rhomboids, splenius capitis, subscapularis, supraspinatus, teres major, teres minor, trapezius.
Muscles of the upper limb: Biceps, brachialis, brachioradialis, coracobrachialis, deltoid, extensor carpi digitorum, extensor carpi radialis, extensor carpi ulnaris, flexor carpi digitorum, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, pronator teres, supinator radii brevis, triceps.
Muscles of the lower limb: Adductors (longus, magnus, brevis), extensor digitorum longus, fibularis (peroneus), longus, flexor digitorum longus, flexor digitorum longus, flexor hallucis longus, gastrocnemius, gracilis, hamstrings (biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus), piriformis, quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius), sartorius, soleus, tensor fascia latae, tibialis anterior, tibialis posterior.
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