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Rectus abdominis and diaphragm muscles
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What two muscles attach to the xiphiod process?
Rectus abdominis and diaphragm
What two Greek words does xiphoid come from?
The word xiphoid derives from the Greek word xiphos for straight sword, the tip of which the process somewhat resembles.
Identify two ways muscles attach to bone?
veins and meat
What insertion is on the xiphoid process and coastal cartiliages?
You have xipoid process, costal carilages, medial ends of two clavicle and xipisternum attached to the sternum bone.
What attaches the tongue to the pharynx?
There are two types of muscles associated with the tongue, the intrinsic and the extrinsic. The extrinsic muscles attach the tongue to the skull and anchor it to the throat.
Are chest compressions under the ribcage?
The proper location is about two fingers width below the Xiphoid process (the peice of cartilage between the ribs.) This is more between the ribcage and not below it.
What muscles are attached to the ulna bone?
The thumb extensors are examples of muscles that attach to the ulna bone. The ulna bone is one of the two long bones in the forearm and can also be called the elbow bone.
What is the name of a boney prominence found midline in lower abdomen?
The Xiphoid process.The xiphoid process is found in the upper abdomen. In the lower abdomen, the only bony prominence found is just as you enter the pelvis, at the upper anterior pelvic brim is the symphisis pubis (or pubic symphisis), a cartilaginous joint where the two pelvic bones meet anteriorly.
What are the 2 functins of the skeletal system?
Two main functions include protection and support. A third function that can be considered is that it provides a place for muscles to attach to.
What is the tendon attached to the heel and calf called?
There are many muscles that attach to the calcaneus, but the two biggest ones are the gastrocnemius and soleus. These two muscles attach to the calcaneus, via the achilles tendon. The other muscles are: the foot intrinsic muscles, so they begin and end only in the foot, and the plantaris, which attaches to the femur, and travels down to the calcaneus.
Where sholud your place your hands to perform chest compressions on an adult?
An inch or two above the nipple line, dead center of the chest
Do ligaments attach muscles to bone?
I do not think a ligament is a muscle. A ligament is what binds two bones together. That is basically what i know
