Name all of the muscles and their actions involved in jumping up and spiking a volleyball while smiling.
These muscles required for jumping and spiking a volleyball are:
Quadriceps femoris | extensors of the leg at the knee joint |
Hamstring muscles (biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus) |
flexion of knee, extension of hip |
gluteus maximus, | extend and laterally rotate the hip joint |
erector spinae muscle group | extend the trunk |
trapezius | elevates, depresses, rotates, and retracts the scapula |
posterior deltoids | extend the shoulder |
Muscles of smiling
Zygomaticus major | Pull the angle of the mouth superolaterally |
Orbicularis oculi | Raises the cheeks |
Levator labii superioris | Elevates the upper lip |
Levator anguli oris | Elevates angle of mouth medially |
Risorius | It helps pull the angle of the mouth towards the side of the person's face to produce a grin or smile |
Zygomaticus minor | Elevates upper lip |
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