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Ankle - dorsi flexion

Tibialis anterior

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Ankle - plantar flexion

Gastrocnemius and soleus

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What are the hip flexors and the movement they permit

Illopsoas

Pectineus

Flexion at the hip

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What are the quadriceps and the movement they permit

  1. Rectus fermoris

  2. Vastus intermedius

  3. Vastus lateralis

  4. Vastus medialis

Extension at the knee

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What are the hamstrings and the movement they permit

  1. Semi-membranosus

  2. Biceps femoris

  3. Semi-tendinous

Flexion at the knee

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What are the gluteals and the movement they permit

  1. Gluteus maximus

  2. Gluteus minimus

  3. Gluteus medius

Extension at the hip

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Elbow - flexion

Bicep brachii

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What are the wrist flexors and the movement the permit

  1. Flexor carpi radialis

  2. Palmaris longus

Flexion at the wrist

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Elbow - extension

Tricep brachii

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What are the wrist flexors and the movement they permit

  1. Extensor carpi radialis longuis

  2. Extensor carpi ulnaris

Extension at the wrist

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Spine - flexion

Abdominals

  1. Rectus abdominis

  2. Transversus abdominis


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What is the fiction of the obliques

Stabilise whilst the abdominals contract

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What is the muscle in the lower back

Thoracolumbar fascia - more stablisation and aid extension of the spine

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  1. Circumduction of the shoulder

  2. Horizontal flexion at the shoulder

  3. Rotation of the neck


  1. Anterior, medial deltoid and pectoralis major

  2. Pectoralis major

  3. Sternocleidomastoid


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  1. Horizontal extension

  2. Muscle under the armpit

  3. Shrug

  4. Adduction

  5. Extension at the spine (stand up straight)

  6. Muscle underneath the trap but over the scapula


  1. Trapezius

  2. Teres major

  3. Trapezius

  4. Latissimus dorsi

  5. Erector spinae

  6. Infraspinatus


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