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25 Cards in this Set
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Muscle that allows you to shrug your shoulders or extend your head
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Trapezius
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Muscle that adducts the shoulder and causes extension of the shoulder joint
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Latissimus dorsi
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Shoulder muscle is the antagonist of this muscle
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Deltoid
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Prime mover of back extension; a deep composite muscle consisting of three columns
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Erector spinae
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Large paired superficial muscle of the lower back
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Latissimus dorsi
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Fleshy muscle forming part of the posterior abdominal wall that helps maintain upright posture
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Quadratus lumborum
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Hip flexor, deep in pelvis; a composite of two muscles
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Iliopsoas
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Used to extend hip when climbing stairs
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Gluteus maximus
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"Toe dancer's" muscle; a two-bellied muscle of the calf
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Gastrocnemius
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Inverts and dorsiflexes the foot
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Tibialis anterior
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Muscle group that allows you to draw your legs to the midline of your body, as when standing at attention
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Adductors
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Muscle group that extends the knee
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Quadriceps
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Muscle group that extends the thigh and flexes the knee
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Hamstrings
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Smaller hip muscle commonly used as an injection site
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Gluteus medius
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Muscle group of the lateral leg; plantar flex and evert the foot
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Fibularis muscles
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Straplike muscle that is a weak thigh flexor' the "tailor's muscle"
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Sartorius
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Like the two-bellied muscle that lies over it, this muscle is a plantar flexor
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Soleus
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Wrist flexor that follows the ulna
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Flexor carpi ulnaris
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Muscle that extends the fingers
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Extensor digitorium
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Muscle that flexes the fingers
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Flexor digitorum superficialis
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Muscle that extends the elbow
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Triceps brachii
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Powerful shoulder abductor, used to raise the arm overhead
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Deltoid
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Muscle group that is commonly used for intramuscular injections in adults
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Deltoid group
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The insertion tendon of the __ group contains a large sesamoid bone, the patella
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Gluteus(maximus and minimus)
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The bulk of the tissue of a muscle tends to lie __ to the part of the body it causes to move
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Proximal
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