Basic Shoulder and Scapula Anatomy 1

Which muscles are responsible for shoulder flexion?

• Deltoid and Biceps brachii

• Deltoid and Teres Major

• Biceps Brachii and Pectoralis Minor

• Teres Major and Pectoralis Minor

Which muscles are not responsible for shoulder extention?

• Deltoid and Latissimus Dorsi

• Triceps Brachii and Supraspinatus

• Teres Major and Triceps Brachii

• No one of them

Which muscles are responsible for horizontal shoulder abduction?

• Deltoid

• Triceps Brachii

• Supraspinatus

• Pectoralis Major

Which muscles are responsible for shoulder adduction?

• Pectoralis Major, Teres Minor, Supraspinatus

• Latissimus Dorsi, Teres Major, Infraspinatus

• Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Deltoid

• Teres Major, Teres Minor, Supraspinatus

Which muscles are responsible for scapula elevation?

• Rhomboid Major, Rhomboid Minor, Deltoid

• Trapezius, Levator Scapula, Pectoralis Minor

• Rhomboid Major, Levator Scapula, Trapezius

• Pectoralis Major, Pectoralis Minor, Deltoid

Which muscles are responsible for scapula retraction?

• Trapezius lower fiber and Rhomboid Major

• Trapezius middle fiber and Rhomboid Minor

• Trapezius lower fiber and Rhomboid

• Trapezius all fiber, Rhomboid Major, and Rhomboid Minor

What is the function of the subscapularis muscle?

• Laterally Rotate Shoulder

• Medially Rotate Shoulder

• Adduct Shoulder

• Medially Rotate and Adduct Shoulder

What is the function of the pectoralis major muscle?

• Adduct and Abduct Shoulder

• Medially Rotate and Laterally Rotate Shoulder

• Horizontally Adduct and Abduct Shoulder

• Flex and Extend Shoulder

What is the function of the trapezius muscle?

• Upward Rotate, Downward Rotate, Retract Scapula

• Elevate, Depress, Upward Rotate Scapula

• Depress, Downward Rotate, Retract Scapula

• Extend Neck and Downward Rotate Scapula

What is the function of the Latissimus Dorsi and Teres Major muscle?

• Extend Shoulder and Laterally Rotate

• Flexion Shoulder and Medially Rotate

• Medially Rotate and Adduct Shoulder

• Laterally Rotate and Abduct Shoulder