Chapter 9, Problem 14CYR

Summary Introduction

To review:

Match the following terms; biceps brachii muscle, pronator teres muscle, extensor digitorum muscle, brachialis muscle, triceps brachii muscle, flexor carpi radialis muscle with their respective descriptions;

a. Extends fingers and hand

b. Supinates forearm

c. Flexes hand

d. Extends forearm

e. pronates forearm

f. Flexes forearm

Introduction:

A muscle is the soft tissue found in almost all the animals. It is composed of protein filaments of myosin and actin that slide past onto one another and generate a contraction thataffects the length as well as the shape of the cell. Muscles are responsible for generating the motion and the force.