ACTIVITY 2

DELA CRUZ, Rhana Shana_Activity 2

DELA CRUZ, Rhana Shana_Activity 2

by Rhana Shana Dela Cruz -
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Name at least three muscles that actively contracts during the following activities and name its action and innervation:

1. TURNING A DOOR KNOB

a. Supinator: supinates forearm at radioulnar joints; innervation: deep radial nerve

b. Pronator Teres: pronates forearm at radioulnar joints and weakly flexes forearm at elbow joint; innervation: median nerve

c. Pronator Quadratus: pronates forearm at radioulnar joints; innervation: median nerve

 

2. THROWING A BASEBALL OVERHEAD

a. Latissimus Dorsi: extends, adducts, and medially rotates arm at shoulder joint; draws arm inferiorly and posteriorly; innervation: thoracodorsal nerve

b. Biceps Brachii: flexes forearm at elbow joint, supinates forearm at radioulnar joints, and flexes arm at shoulder joint; innervation: musculocutaneous nerve

c. Supraspinatus: assists deltoid muscle in abducting arm at shoulder joint; innervation: suprascapular nerve

 

3. KICKING A BALL

a. Vastus Medialis: extend leg at knee joint; innervation: femoral nerve

b. Rectus Femoris: extend leg at knee joint and flexes thigh at hip joint; innervation: femoral nerve

c. Gluteus Medius: abducts thigh at hip joint and medially rotates thigh; innervation: superior gluteal nerve

 

4. DOING SIT-UPS

a. Rectus Abdominis: flexes vertebral column, especially the lumbar portion and compresses abdomen to aid in defecation, childbirth, urination and forced exhalation; innervation: thoracic spinal nerves T7-T12

b. Transversus Abdominis: compresses abdomen; innervation: thoracic spinal nerves T8-T12, iliohypogastric nerve and ilioinguinal nerve

c. Rectus Femoris: extend leg at knee joint and flexes thigh at hip joint; innervation: femoral nerve

 

5. WALKING

a. Tibialis Anterior: dorsiflexes foot at ankle joint and inverts (supinates) foot at intertarsal joints; innervation: deep fibular (peroneal) nerve

b. Gastrocnemius: plantar flexes foot at ankle joint and flexes leg at knee joint; innervation: tibial nerve

c. Soleus: plantar flexes foot at ankle joint; innervation: tibial nerve

 

6. BREATHING

a. Diaphragm: contraction (increases vertical dimension of thoracic cavity; inhale) and relaxation (decreased vertical dimension of thoracic cavity; exhale) of diaphragm; innervation: phrenic nerve, which contains axons from cervical spinal nerves C3-C5.

b. External Intercostals: contraction (elevates ribs and increases anteroposterior and lateral dimensions of thoracic cavity; inhale) and relaxation (depresses ribs and decreases anteroposterior and lateral dimensions of thoracic cavity; exhale); innervation: thoracic spinal nerves T2-T12.

c. Internal Intercostals: contraction (draws adjacent ribs together to decrease anteroposterior and lateral dimensions of thoracic cavity; forced exhalation); innervation: thoracic spinal nerves T2-T12.