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There are many muscles that either make up a certain part of the laryngeal structure inside the neck, or that sit adjacent to it and aid in its function. These muscles produce the movements of the larynx and its cartilages, thus enabling the proper air conduction, speech, movements of the...
A chest is a region at the front of the person's body that is located between the diaphragm and the neck. It protects the internal organs such as the lungs and the heart. It is made up of the breastbone and the ribs cage or the person's thorax....
Pectoralis majoris a large, fan-shaped,superficialmuscle located on the anterior thoracic wall. It forms the bulk of the chest area and can be easily seen on the surface in some people, for example weightlifters. The muscle has three heads giving it three points of origin: ...
The muscles and joints of the neck: Their specialisation and role in head movement. Progress in Neurobiology, 37, 165-178.Dutia MB.: The muscles and joints of the neck: their specialisation and role in head movement . Prog Neurobiol , 1991, 37 : 165–178....
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1.muscle- one of the contractile organs of the body musculus contractile organ,contractor- a bodily organ that contracts ...
Scalenes - on both sides of the neck. Shown above on LHS of neck only, shaded in two shades of green. Trapezius - lower part of diagram (the part of this muscle shown here is at the top of the shoulders). Omohyoid - neck muscle, shown shaded orange. Sternohyoid - towards the centr...
Click on the name of the muscle, or the image, to see weight training exercises. The abdominal muscles are shown in red, it is very easy to see from this diagram how a six pack is made, and also why some people have an “eight pack”. ...
Tissue that shortens to make part of the body move. Most striated muscle is voluntary (under conscious control). Smooth muscle is involuntary (under automatic control). See cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, striated muscle. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright ©...
Electromyography was used to determine postural activity in neck and masticatory muscles in relation to extension and flexion of the head. The material comprised 30 adults. Postural activity was recorded in the postcervical, sternocleido-mastoid, supra- and infrahyoid, anterior temporal and masseter ...