ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 2

by Jasper Maniego -
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1. Throwing a baseball overhead

  1. Deltoid 

  • Action: Abduction at shoulder
  • Innervation: Axillary nerve

  1. Pectoralis major

  • Action: Adduction and medial rotation at shoulder
  • Innervation: Pectoral nerve

 

2. Kicking a ball

  1. Pectineus

  • Action: Hip adduction and flexion
  • Innervation: Femoral nerve

  1. Rectus femoris

  • Action: Knee extension, hip flexion
  • Innervation: Femoral nerve

 

3. Doing sit-ups

  1. Rectus abdominis

  • Action: Flexion of vertebral column, compression of abdomen
  • Innervation: Spinal nerves (T7-T12)

  1. Transverse abdominis

  • Action: Compression of abdomen
  • Innervation: First lumbar nerve (T7-L1), iliohypogastric nerve, ilioinguinal nerve

 

4. Breathing

  1. Diaphragm

  • Action: Expansion of thoracic cavity
  • Innervation: Phrenic nerve (C3-C5)

  1. External intercostals

  • Action: Elevation of ribs
  • Innervation: Intercostal nerve