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What major abductor muscle of the upper arm is the?
Teres major muscle
The triceps are the major muscle of the calves?
No. The triceps is an upper arm muscle
What is a muscle that rotates the upper arm?
There is not a single muscle that rotates the upper arm. The name of the muscle that contributes in rotation of the upper arm is deltoid muscle.
What is the abductor of the upper arm?
Abduction of the arm occurs in three segments, and hence is performed by three different sets of muscles. From 0-15 degrees, the arm is abducted by the Supraspinatus muscle. From 15-90 degrees, the arm is abducted by the Deltoid muscle. From 90-180 degrees, the arm as abducted by the Trapezius muscle with help from the Serratus Anterior muscle.
What type of muscle is associated with the upper arm?
Skeletal muscle is associated with the upper arm.
What is the largest muscle of the upper back?
Latissimus dorsi - this is the largest back muscle that runs from the lower back to the upper arm bone. It pulls the upper arm towards the body and acts as an internal rotator of the upper arm.
The large muscle of the upper chest that flexes the arm across the body is the?
Pectoralis major
What is antagonist to the teres minor?
The teres major muscle is considered to be antagonistic to the teres minor muscle. The teres major muscle is a larger muscle located in the upper arm that works to extend, medially rotate, and adduct the arm, while the teres minor muscle is a smaller muscle that works to laterally rotate the arm.
What muscle in upper arm that extends lower arm?
The posterior deltoid is one extensor of the upper arm.
Is brachialis a muscle in the arm?
The brachialis is a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint.
What you mean by tricep?
The tricep is the muscle on the underside of the upper arm. The muscle on the upper side is the bicep.
Where is your biceps?
Biceps brachii muscle, is a muscle located on the inside of the upper arm Biceps femoris muscle, is one of the hamstring muscles at the back of each thigh
