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What type of fibers are present in supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles?
unipennate
What caused Raising the arm laterally at he shoulder?
Infraspinatus
What term identifies the site where a muscle attaches to the bone it pulls on?
The attachment of the muscle that is on the moving bone is known as the insertion. In contrast, the origin is the attachment of the muscle on the non-moving bone.
What is the antagonist of rhomboid muscle?
There are more than one: The deltoid, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres major and minor and the subscapularis.
What enzyme is encoded in insertion sequences?
Transposase
Name the rotator cuff muscles that are direct or complete synergist?
infraspinatus and teres minor
Name the insertion of the quadricep?
patella
What is antagonist to infraspinatus?
Subscapularis muscle
What is another name for insertion point?
cursor
What does infraspinatus tendinopathy mean?
The Infraspinatus is one of the four rotator cuff muscles in the shoulder that helps to stabilize and rotate the arm. A tendon is where the muscle attaches to bone. Tendinopathy is a general term meaning injury or disease to a tendon. So Infraspinatus tendinopathy would mean some kind of damage or disease to the Infraspinatus muscle near the area where it attaches to the bone.
Name the two points of attachment for the skeletal muscle?
The two attachment points are the origin and insertion. The origin is the immovable (or slightly moveable point. The insertion is the movable point. The insertion always moves towards the origin.
Is the infraspinatus a pennate fiber arrangement?
yes
What is the antagonistic muscle of the infraspinatus?
The pectoralis muscle.
Name of the Chinese system of healing with the insertion of needles into the body?
The name of that is acupuncture. :)
What is the name of the movement the rotator cuff allows the shoulder?
suprasinatus,infraspinatus,teres minor,subscapularis
What are the muscles that contribute to the rotator cuff?
1- Supraspinatus and its function is to abduct the arm ,and it's innervated by the Suprascapular nerve. 2- Infraspinatus muscle and its function is to externally rotate the arm ,and it's innervated by the Suprascapular nerve. 3- Teres minor muscle and its function is to externally rotate the arm ,and it's innervated by the Axillary nerve. 4- Subscapularis muscle and its function is to internally rotate the humerus ,and it's innervated by the Upper and Lower subscapular nerve.
Which muscle flexes the shoulder joint of an animal?
the answer isD. Infraspinatus
