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Part A - Action of Muscles at a Joint Match the muscle with the best description

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Question

Part A - Action of Muscles at a Joint Match the muscle with the best description of its action. Hints Reset Help adductor magnus biceps brachii teres minor subscapularis gluteus medius triceps brachii You are teaching an exercise class and leading the students in a set of jumping jacks. The muscles are used to bring the legs together. In order to put down your 3-year-old nephew that you've been carrying, you use your muscles You are shopping at the grocery store. As you lift a 12-pack of bottled water from a low shelf to put in the basket, your muscles are pulling on the bone to cause the movement. You are teaching an exercise class and leading the students in a set of jumping jacks. The muscles are used to spread the legs open. Upon entering a warm room, you decide to remove your jacket. Your muscles allow you to make the lateral movement necessary to open the jacket. The muscle allows you to carry your cup of coffee at your body's midline

Explanation / Answer

Adductor muscles = It brings the together when a student doing the jumping jacks set in exercise class.

Triceps brachii =This muscle is the extension of the elbow,, mainly used in the situation carrying some weight in the hand and leaving it to the floor.

Biceps brachi= This is the muscles of elbow flexion, which is mainly used u take off the objects from lower shelf.

Gluteus medius=This is the primary abductor of leg, the spreading of leg during jumping is due to gluteus medius

Teres minor = it extend and laterally rotate the arm,, which mainly used the open the jacket.

Subscapularis=This is the adductor and internal rotator of arm, that brings the arm in the midline of the body while carrying the cup of coffee.