Sentences with phrase «horizontal flexor muscle»
Nevertheless, the pectoralis major functions as the primary shoulder horizontal flexor muscle and is twice as efficient than any other muscle in this role.
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As gravity wants to pull the head down, the upper cervical (neck) flexor muscles and lower cervical extensor muscles must contract to maintain this head and neck position when the body is horizontal.
Sprint running ability seems to be mainly determined by the ability of the hamstrings to absorb energy at long muscle lengths, and of the hip extensors (gluteus maximus, adductor magnus, and hamstrings) and hip flexors to perform concentric work at high velocities while operating at short muscle lengths, all in a horizontal direction.