Functions, types and location of muscles
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- Created on: 18-03-18 16:13
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- Skeleton joints, muscles and tendons
- Location of bones and joints
- Ball and socket in hip and shoulders
- Hinge joint in knees, elbows, ankles and wrists
- Range of movement
- Ball an dsocket can move 360 degrees
- Hinge can move roughly 170 degrees vertically and cant bend horizontally
- Ligaments, tendons and synovial fluid
- Tendons attach muscles to the bones
- Synovial fluids lubricate the joints for friction free movement
- Ligaments hold the bones together and prevent dislocation
- Functions, types and location of muscels
- Hamstring - Back and top of the leg. Pulls to bend knee up and relaxes to let knee fall down
- Gastrocnemius - Is below the hamstring on the back of the leg. It contracts to point the toes at the ankle and relaxes to let ankle point up
- Quadriceps - At the top front of leg. Contract to pull the knee forward and relax to let knee get pulled back by the hamstring
- Abdominals - Centre of torso on the front. Contract to pull the legs up to the body and relax to let the gluteus maximus pull the legs away
- Biceps - Top of the arm on the front. Tenses to bend elbow up and relaxes to let triceps pull elbow straight
- Pectorals - Top of torso at the front. Tenses to pull arms into the center line and relaxes to let latissimus dorsi pull arms away from the center line
- Triceps - Top of the arm on the back. Tenses to pull the elbow straight and relaxes to let the biceps pull the elbow up
- Latissimus Dorsi - Top of the torso on the back. Tenses to pull arms away from center line and relaxes to let pectorals pull them back in
- Gluteus maximus - Lower waist on the back. Tenses to pull legs straight and relaxes to let the abdominals pull legs up
- Location of bones and joints
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