Human Movement

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• Frontalis – frontal bone Lateralis – lateral or on the side Tibialis anterior – front of tibia fibularis Longus – near fibula Supra – above Infra – below Sub - underneath

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• ldeltoid – triangle lLatissimus – wide lteres - round ltrapezius – trapezoid lserratus –saw-toothe lorbicularis – circular 

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• lmaximus – largest lminimis – smallest lvastus - huge llongus – longest lbrevis – short lmajor – large lminor – small

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• lrectus (straight) - parallel to the muscle’s long axis       ex: rectus abdominis l ltransversus (transverse) – at right angles to the muscle’s long axis l oblique – diagonal

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• 1. Agonist: The agonist in a movement is the muscle(s) that provides the major force to complete the movement. Because of this agonists are known as the ‘prime movers’. In the bicep curl which produces flexion at the elbow, the biceps muscle is the agonist, as seen in the image below. The agonist is not always the muscle that is shortening (contracting concentrically). In a bicep curl the bicep is the agonist on the way up when it contracts concentrically, and on the way down when it contracts eccentrically. This is because it is the prime mover in both cases. 2. Antagonist: The antagonist in a movement refers to the muscles that oppose the agonist. During elbow flexion where the bicep is the agonist, the tricep muscle is the antagonist. While the agonist contracts causing the movement to occur, the antagonist typically relaxes so as not to impede the agonist, as seen in the image above. The antagonist doesn’t always relax though, another function of antagonist muscles can be to slow down or stop a movement. We would see this if the weight involved in the bicep curl was very heavy, when the weight was being lowered from the top position the antagonist tricep muscle would produce a sufficient amount of tension to help control the movement as the weight lowers.

1. How a nerve impulse travels through neurones
2. How a nerve impulse crosses a synapse