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muscle functions
different muscles and what they're supposed to do
Question | Answer |
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what does the frontalis muscle do? | raise eyebrows, wrinkle forehead |
what does the trapezius do? | Extends neck; elevates, adducts, and rotates scapula |
what do your deltoids do? | Abducts, flexes, extends, and rotates arm |
what does your pectoralis major do? | Flexes, adducts, and rotates arm |
what do your triceps brachii do? | Extends forearm |
what do your biceps brachii do? | Flexes arm and forearm; supinates (rotates) hand |
what does your latissimus dorsi do? | Extends, adducts, and rotates arm |
what do your abdominal muscles do? | Flex and rotate trunk |
what does your gluteus medius do? | Adducts and rotates thigh |
what does your gluteus maximus do? | Extends and rotates thigh |
what does your sartorius do? | Flexes and rotates thigh; flexes leg |