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Name Explanation Muscle US English [a] name of the muscle per Terminologia Anatomica (TA), [13] minus the term "muscle", with the words reordered occasionally for better sorting. Parts and bellies are listed out as separate rows, as they are sometimes considered separate muscles.
Extensor digiti minimi muscle; Extensor digitorum brevis manus muscle; Extensor digitorum muscle; Extensor indicis et medii communis muscle; Extensor indicis muscle; Extensor medii proprius muscle; Extensor pollicis brevis muscle; Extensor pollicis et indicis communis muscle; Extensor pollicis longus muscle; Extrinsic extensor muscles of the hand
1.1 Arm and shoulder. 1.2 Hand and wrist. 2 Lower limb. 3 Other. 4 References. 5 See also. ... Gluteus maximus muscle; Gluteus medius muscle; Gluteus minimus muscle ...
However, in common, literary, and historical usage, arm refers to the entire upper limb from shoulder to wrist. This article uses the former definition; see upper limb for the wider definition. [8] In primates, the arm is adapted for precise positioning of the hand and thus assist in the hand's manipulative tasks. The ball and socket shoulder ...
Building big arms is a common gym goal—but you'll need to focus on these four muscles: the deltoids, biceps, triceps, and forearms. Building big arms is a common gym goal—but you'll need to ...
Biceps is the major supinator (drive a screw in with the right arm) and pronator teres and pronator quadratus the major pronators (unscrewing) — the latter two role the radius around the ulna (hence the name of the first bone) and the former reverses this action assisted by supinator. Because biceps is much stronger than its opponents ...
Superior rectus muscle; Inferior rectus muscle; Medial rectus muscle; jaw (muscles of mastication, the closing of the jaw is adduction): masseter; pterygoid muscles (lateral and medial) temporalis; vocal folds. Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
The origin of a muscle is the bone, typically proximal, which has greater mass and is more stable during a contraction than a muscle's insertion. [14] For example, with the latissimus dorsi muscle, the origin site is the torso, and the insertion is the arm. When this muscle contracts, normally the arm moves due to having less mass than the torso.