Hypertophy - to increase in size, Skeletal Muscle - this type of muscle is voluntary, Adduction - to move towards the midline of the body, Atrophy - to waste away, Smooth Muscle - found in the digestive system, Cardiac Muscle - not dependent on signals from the nervous system, Rotation - to move around an axis, Abduction - to move away from the midline, Extention - to increase the angle at a joint between two body parts, Flextion - to decrease the angle at a joint between two body parts, Deltoids - common place for injections, Quadriceps - found on the front of the thigh, Hamstings - found on the back of the thigh, Trapezious - muscle found at the top of the shoulders, Biceps - muscle on the anterior part of the upper arm, Triceps - muscle on the posterior part of the upper arm, Obliques - muscle found along the sides of the body between the arm pits and hips, Pectorals - chest muscles, Gluteus Maximus - group of muscles you sit on, Erector Spinae - found on the posterior side of the body on the lower part of the back, Rectus Abdominus - hold in the abdominal organs, Latissimus Dorsi - muscles found in the middle of the back,

Muscular System

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