Muscles

Health

Sternomastoid

Turns head from side to side

Trapezius

Moves head up and down

Pectoralis

Pull arms in front or body

Latissimus

Pull arms to back of body

Bicep

Flex elbow

Tricep

extends elbow

Abdominals Stomach

Sit up/ Stand up straight

Gluteal Rear

Extends hip run/walk

Quadricepes: front of thigh

extends knee joint

Rectus

Straight from hip to knee

Sartorius

S shaped from outside hip to inside to knee

Abductors: outside thigh

Pull legs apart

Adductors: inside thigh

Brings legs together

Hamstring : back of thigh

Flexes knee

Gastrocnemius: back of leg calf

extends ankle ( point your toes)

Soleus: front of leg

Flexes ankle

Parallel Fiber

To the bones

how many muscles in the human body

600

muscle body weight

40%

function

movement