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What muscle can flex and extend the shoulder depending on the position?
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Pectoralis major
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What muscle adducts the shoulder and cause extension of the shoulder joints?
The latissimus dorsi, and the trees major, which is known as the " little lat", both adduct, extend, and internally(medially) rotate the shoulder. The long head of the triceps also extend and addicts the shoulder, while also being an elbow extensor
What anatomical position is an arm in when the muscle's are clenched?
Which muscles? If all the muscle are clenched it will be perfectly still but that could be in any position depending on what position the arm was in ot start with.
What is the difference between muscle flexing and muscle extension?
Inn other words muscle flexing can be called muscle shortening and extension when muscle is elongating. For example when you bend you arm towards your shoulder your bicep muscle is shortening and you can feel a bump. When you extend your arm you can feel that the bump is stretching out and disappearing, that is muscle extension.
What is the prime mover muscle of shoulder horizontal adduction?
Because shoulder horizontal adduction is performed when the arm is horizontal position (i.e., the elbow is level with shoulder) and adduction is movement toward the center of the body, shoulder horizontal adduction is performed primarily by pectoralis major and anterior deltoid, with an assist by latissimus dorsi.
What is deltoid tendonitis?
Tendonitis is inflammation, irritation, and swelling of a tendon, which is the fibrous structure that joins muscle to bone. While Tendonitis can effect any tendon it is not common to find Tendonitis in the deltoid tendon. The deltoid muscle is a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm. Most often pain in the shoulder has to do with the Rotator Cuff muscles or arthritis in the shoulder joint.
Location of deltoid muscle?
The deltoid muscle is located around the shoulder at the top. There is a deltoid muscle that is located on each shoulder.
What muscle flexes and adducts arm at the shoulder?
which shoulder muscle allows you to adduct your arm
What do the shoulder muscles do?
the shoulder muscle extends the arm
Muscle that adducts the shoulder and causes extension of the shoulder joint?
The latissimus dorsi, and the trees major, which is known as the " little lat", both adduct, extend, and internally(medially) rotate the shoulder. The long head of the triceps also extend and addicts the shoulder, while also being an elbow extensor
Which shoulder muscle is considered the strongest supinator?
The shoulder muscle that is considered the strongest supinator is the biceps brachii.
What muscle gives the shoulder its appearance?
The Deltoid muscle .
What muscle extends from the chest and shoulder muscle to the side of the chin?
The Neck Muscle
