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BIO130
Muscles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| upper back muscle | Trapezius |
| lower back muscle | Latisimus Dorsi |
| Upper arm muscle located most anterior | Bicep |
| Upper arm muscle located most posterior | Triceps |
| Shoulder Muscle | Deltoid |
| Major Chest Muscle | Pectoralis Major |
| Minor Chest Muscle | Pectoralis Minor |
| Stomach Muscle | Abdominals |
| muscle on either side of abdominals | External Obliques |
| Upper Leg Anterior | Quads |
| Upper Leg Posterior | Hamstrings |
| Lower Leg Posterior | Gastrocnemius |
| Leg | Achilles Tendon |
| muscle of the posterior (the back) thigh | Biceps Femoris |
| is the largest and most superficial of the three gluteal muscles. It makes up a large portion of the shape and appearance of the buttocks.It is a broad and thick fleshy mass of a quadrilateral shape, and forms the prominence of the nates. | Gluteus Maximus |
| is a broad, thick, radiating muscle, situated on the outer surface of the pelvis. | Gluteus Medius |
| is a paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen | Rectus Abdominus |
| is situated in the middle of the front of the thigh; | Rectus Fermoris |
| is a long thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh. | Sartorius |
| is a paired muscle in the superficial layers of the anterior portion of the neck. | Sterno-mastoid |
| a muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones | Tibialis Anticus |