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Joint Actions Etc

This document lists various joints and muscles involved in their movement. It describes the prime movers and synergists for actions like elbow flexion, shoulder flexion, hip flexion, knee extension, ankle plantar flexion, and vertebral column lateral flexion. Muscles listed include the biceps, triceps, deltoids, glutes, hamstrings, gastrocnemius and more. Joints covered are the elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and vertebral column.

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Joint Actions Etc

This document lists various joints and muscles involved in their movement. It describes the prime movers and synergists for actions like elbow flexion, shoulder flexion, hip flexion, knee extension, ankle plantar flexion, and vertebral column lateral flexion. Muscles listed include the biceps, triceps, deltoids, glutes, hamstrings, gastrocnemius and more. Joints covered are the elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and vertebral column.

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Joint/muscle

Joint action Elbow flexion

Forearm muscles

Elbow extension Forearm pronation Forearm suppination Shoulder flexion Shoulder extension Shoulder abduction Shoulder adduction

Prime movers Bicep brachii, Brachialis Tricep brachii Pronator teres, Pronator quadratis Bicep brachii Pec major, Anterior delts Lat dorsi, Posterior delts Deltoids Pec major, Lat dorsi

Synergist Brachioradialis, Pronator teres Anconeus

Glenohumeral joint

Shoulder medial rotation

Suprascapularis Infraspinatus, Teres minor Serratus anterior Rhomboid minor, Rhomboid major, Serratus anterior Levator scapulae Trapezius (upper fibers) Trapezius (lower fibers)

Suppinator Coracobrachialis, Bicep brachii Teres major, Tricep brachii Supraspinatus Infraspinatus, Teres minor, Teres major, Coracobrachialis Pec major, Lat dorsi, Anterior delts, Teres major Posterior delts Pec minor Trapezius (middle fibers) Trapezius (upper fibers) Rhomboid minor, Rhomboid major Levator scapulae, Rhomboid minor, Rhomboid major Pec minor, subclavius Sartorius, Adductor longus Adductor brevis, Pectineus, Rectus femoris Adductor magnus, Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus Tensor fasciae latae, Glute minimus, Piriformis Pectineus, Gracilis

Shoulder lateral rotation Protraction Retraction Superior rotation Pectoral girdle Inferior rotation Elevation deppression

Hip flexion

Iliopsaos

Hip extension Hip joint Hip abduction

Glute maximus, Biceps femoris Glute medius Adductor magnus, Adductor longus, Adductor brevis Tensor fasciae latae, Glute medius, Glute minimus

Hip adduction

Hip Medial rotation

Hip Lateral rotation

Adductor magnus, Glute maximus

Knee flexion Knee joint Knee extension

Biceps femoris, Semitendinosus, semimembranosus Rectus femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus intermedius, Vastus medialis Gastrocnemius, Soleus Tibialis anterior Tibialis posterior

Sartorius, Adductor longus, Adductor brevis, Pectineus, Tensor fasciae latae, Piriformis Sartorius, Gracilis, Gastrocnemius, Popliteus

Ankle plantar flexion Ankle dorsi flexion Ankle inversion Ankle joint Ankle eversion Toe flexion Toe extension VC flexion VC extension

Extensor digitorum brevis Tibialis anterior Peroneus tertius, Peroneus longus, Peroneus brevis Extensor digitorum brevis External oblique, Internal oblique Multifidis, Quadratus lumborum External oblique, Internal oblique, Erector spinae, Quadratus lumborum Rectus abdominus, Multifidis Rectus abdominus, External obliques, Internal obliques

Flexor digitorum longus Extensor digitorum longus Rectus abdominus Erector spinae

Vertebral column

VC lateral flexion External oblique, Internal oblique Transversus abdominals

VC rotation Compress abdominal wall

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