1What are Prime Mover Muscles
The main muscle or muscle groups responsible for a particular movement or action.
2What are the Shoulder Horizontal Flexor Muscles
Pectoralis Major
Anterior Deltoid
Biceps Brachii
3What is the Prime Mover of the Shoulder Horizontal Flexors
Pectoralis Major
4What are the Shoulder Horizontal Extensor Muslces
Latissimus Dorsi
Posterior Deltoid
Triceps Brachii
5What is the Prime Mover of the Shoulder Horizontal Extensors
Posterior Deltoid
6What are the Shoulder Adductor Muscles
Latissimus Dorsi
Pectoralis Major
7What is the Prime Mover of the Shoulder Adductors
Latissimus Dorsi
8What are the Shoulder Abductor Muscles
Supraspinatus
Medial Deltoid
9What is the Prime Mover of the Shoulder Abductors
The Supraspinatus for the first 15 degrees, then the Medial Deltoid takes over
10What makes up the Rotator Cuff Muscles
Supraspinatis
Infraspinatus
Teres Minor
Subscapularis
11What Joint Action does the Supraspinatus do
Abduction for the first 15 degrees
12What Joint Action does the Infraspinatus do
External Rotation
13What Joint Action does the Teres Minor do
External Rotation
14What Joint Action does the Subscapularis do
Internal Rotation
15What does the Rotator Cuff do
It stabilizes the humeral head into the glenoid fossa (Ball and Socket Joint)
16What muscles work Scapular Elevation in the Shoulder Girdle
Trapezius (Upper Fibers)
Levator Spapulae
17What muscles work Scapular Depression in the Shoulder Girdle
Trapezius (Lower Fibers)
Serratus Anterior
Pectoralis Minor
18What muscles work Scapular Retraction in the Shoulder Girdle
Rhomboids
Trapezius (Middle Fibers)
19What muscles work Scapular Protraction in the Shoulder Girdle
Serratus Anterior
Pectoralis Minor
20What is it called when the Shoulder Joint and the Shoulder Girdle work together
Scapulohumeral Rhythm
21What are the Elbow Flexors
Biceps Brachii
Brachialis
22What are the Elbow Extensors
Triceps Brachii
23What is a Biarticular Muscle
A muscle that crosses two joints
24What are the Hip Flexor Muscles
Iliopsoas
Rectus Femoris
Sartorius
25What musles make up the Iliopsoas
Iliacus
Psoas Major
26What is the Prime Mover of the Hip Flexors
Illiopsoas
Rectus Femoris
27TRUE OR FALSE: The Rectus Femoris and Sartorius are Biarticular
TRUE
28What are the Hip Extensor Muscles
Gluteus Maximus
Gluteus Medius (Posterior)
Hamstrings
29What muscles make up the Hamstrings
Biceps Femoris
Semitendinosus
Semimebrinosus
30TRUE OR FALSE: The Hamstrings are a Biarticular Muscle Group
TRUE
31What are the Hip Adductor Muscles
Pectineus
Adductor Brevis
Adductor Longus
Adductor Magnus
Gracilis
32What are the Hip Abductor Muscles
Sartorius
Glute Medius
Glute Minimus
Tensor Fascia Lata (TFL)
33What is the Prime Mover of the Hip Abductors
Glute Medius
34What does the Tensor Fascia Lata (TFL) insert into
The Iliotibial Band (IT Band)
35What are the Knee Flexor Muscles
Hamstrings: Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus
36What are the Knee Extensor Muscles
Quadriceps: Rectus Femoris, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Intermedius, Vastus Medialis
37What are the Plantar Flexor Muscles
Gastrocnemius
Soleus
38What is the Dorsi Flexor Muscle
Tibialis Anterior
39What are the Trunk Flexor Muscles
Psoas Major
Rectus Abdominis
External Obliques (Bilaterally)
Internal Obliques (Bilaterally)
40What else does the Psoas Major move with, alongside the Hip
The Femur
41What is the Prime Mover of the Trunk Flexors
Rectus Abdominis
42What are the Trunk Extensors Muscles
Erector Spinae
Quadratus Lumborum
Multifidi
43What are the Trunk Lateral Flexor Muscles
External Obliques (Unilaterally)
Internal Obliques (Unilaterally)
Psoas Major
Quadratus Lumborum
44What is the Prime Mover of the Trunk Lateral Flexors
Quadratus Lumborum
45TRUE OR FALSE: The Erector Spinae is the workhouse of the spine
FALSE: It's the Quadratus Lumborum
46What are the Trunk Rotator Muscles
Internal Obliques (Ipsilaterally)
External Obliques (Contralaterally)
47How do the Internal and External Obliques work during Trunk Rotation
They work together
EXAMPLE: If you rotate to your right, your internal obliques will be working on your right side, and your external obliques will be working on your left side
48What muscle is responsible for Compression, Breathing, and Stabalization
Transverse Abdominis
49How does the Transverse Abdominis work
Increasing pressure within the abdomen by breathing in and bracing the core to stabilize the spine