Thoracic Muscles Review

Reorder the following abdominal muscles from the superficial muscles to the deepest muscles

• Transversus Abdominis

• Internal Oblique

• External oblique

• Rectus Abdominis

Match the following

• rhomboids

• 
• trapezius

• 
• levator scapulae

• 
• serratus anterior

• 
• intercostals

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Which muscle is active when you do "crunches" for your 6-pack, and also flexes the ribs and stabilizes the pelvis?

Which muscle elevates the scapula and flexes the neck?

Which muscle allows you to row (as in paddling a canoe) by rotating the scapula?

The coach wants you to rotate your trunk and do side bending exercises. Which pair of muscles allows you to accomplish this exercise?

• internal and external obliques

• transversus abdominis and rectus abdominis

• serratus anterior and trapezius

• transversus abdominis and rhomboids

When you are doing an overhead press or rotating/stabilizing your scapula, which muscle are you using?

• levator scapula

• rhomboids

• serratus anterior

• trapezius

Indentify this muscle

• sternocleidomastoid

• pectoralis major

• rhomboids

• trapezius

These muscles retracts, elevates and rotates the scpula

• rhomboids

• serratus anterior

• supraspinatus

• teres major

Well developed in swimmers

• rectus femoris

• transversus abdominis

• latissimus dorsi

• serratus anterior

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5