ACTIVITY 2

MARQUEZ, John Rei M. - Activity 2

MARQUEZ, John Rei M. - Activity 2

by John Rei Marquez -
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Name at least three muscles that actively contract during the following activities and name its action and innervation:

 

1. Turning a door knob

-Lumbricals: grip objects; innervated by median and ulnar nerves

-Pronator teres: forearm pronation; innervated by median nerve

-Supinator: forearm supination; innervated by interosseus nerve (posterior side)

 

2. Throwing a baseball overhead

-Teres major: forearm flexion and pronation; innervated by brachial plexus

-Palmaris longus: hand and wrist flexion; innervated by median nerve

-Brachialis: forearm flexion; innervated by radial nerve

 

3. Kicking a ball

-Rectus femoris: leg and hip extension; innervated by femoral nerve

-Psoas minor: trunk flexion; innervated by spinal nerve L1

-Popliteus: flexion of knee; innervated by tibial nerve 

 

4. Doing sit-ups

-Internal oblique: trunk flexion and intra-abdominal pressure; innervated by intercostal nerves

-Pyramidalis: linea alba tension; innervated by subcostal nerve

-Rectus abdominis: body movement between pelvis and rib cage; innervated by thoracoabdominal nerves

 

5. Walking

-Tibialis anterior: supination of foot; innervated by deep fibular nerve

-Peroneals: foot plantar flexion; innervated superficial fibular nerve

-Soleus: foot plantar flexion; innervated by tibial nerve

 

6. Breathing

-Diaphragm: contraction during inhalation; innervated by phrenic nerves

-Serratus anterior: draws and rotates scapula; innervated by long thoracic nerve

-Internal intercostals: expands rib cage during exhalation; innervated by intercostal nerve