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Chapter 11, Problem 8CP
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The muscles moving the eyeballs that contract and relax as a person looks toward left without moving head.
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Extrinsic eye muscles are present in eyeballs that help an individual to move eyeballs. They are considered to be the fastest contracting muscles among the skeletal muscles in the human body.
Extrinsic eye muscles are present in three pairs in the body that are named as superior and inferior recti, lateral and medial recti, and superior and inferior obliques.
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Ch. 11 - Using the terms origin, insertion, and belly,...Ch. 11 - List the three types of levers, and give an...Ch. 11 - 3. Define the roles of the prime mover (agonist),...Ch. 11 - Prob. 4CPCh. 11 - 5. Select 10 muscles in Figure 11.3 and identify...Ch. 11 - Prob. 6CPCh. 11 - QUESTION 7
7. Why do the muscles of facial...Ch. 11 - Prob. 8CPCh. 11 - Prob. 9CPCh. 11 - When your physician says, "Open your mouth, stick...
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18. Why are the two muscles that cross...Ch. 11 - Prob. 19CPCh. 11 - Prob. 20CPCh. 11 - Prob. 21CPCh. 11 - What is the largest muscle group of the back?Ch. 11 - What is the origin of most muscles that move the...Ch. 11 - Question 24
24. Which muscles are part of the...Ch. 11 - What are the superior extensor retinaculum and...Ch. 11 - How do the intrinsic muscles of the hand and foot...Ch. 11 - Prob. 1CTQCh. 11 - 2. While taking the bus to the supermarket,...Ch. 11 - 3. Minor-league pitcher Jose has been throwing a...
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