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  2. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    ophthalmic artery, lateral muscular branch trochlear nerve [CNIV] abducts, intorts, and depress eye: right medial, superior, and inferior recti (superior and inferior oblique muscles are the synergists) 2 1 oblique, inferior: head, extraocular (left/right) orbital surface of maxilla, lateral to lacrimal groove

  3. Motor skill - Wikipedia

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    These tasks could include walking, running, or riding a bike. In order to perform this skill, the body's nervous system, muscles, and brain have to all work together. [1] The goal of motor skill is to optimize the ability to perform the skill at the rate of success, precision, and to reduce the energy consumption required for performance.

  4. Muscle - Wikipedia

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    Striated or skeletal muscle only contracts voluntarily, upon the influence of the central nervous system. Reflexes are a form of non-conscious activation of skeletal muscles, but nonetheless arise through activation of the central nervous system, albeit not engaging cortical structures until after the contraction has occurred.

  5. Physical therapy - Wikipedia

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    Physical therapy addresses the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives. [3] PTs use an individual's history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and, when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies like X-rays, CT-scan, or MRI findings.

  6. Orthotics - Wikipedia

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    Second muscle function test (with muscular fatigue) This sequence of muscle function test and six-minute walk test is used to determine whether muscular fatigue can be induced. If the test reveals muscular fatigue, the strength levels and measured fatigue should be included in the planning of an orthosis, and when determining the functional ...

  7. Stretch Armstrong - Wikipedia

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    Stretch Armstrong is a large, gel-filled action figure that was first sold in 1976 by Kenner. [1]It looks like a short muscular man with blond hair wearing black trunks, but can be stretched from its normal size of about 15 inches (38 cm) to four to five feet (120 to 150 cm).

  8. Sports injury - Wikipedia

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    When an athlete complains of pain, injury, or distress, the key to diagnosis is a detailed history and examination. An example of a format used to guide an examination and treatment plan is a S.O.A.P. note, which stands for subjective, objective, assessment, plan.

  9. Wikipedia:WikiProject Core Content/Articles - Wikipedia

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    A Country Practice; A Dance of the Forests; A Dance to the Music of Time; A Day in the Life; A Dictionary of the English Language; A Doll's House; A Estrada; A Farewell to Arms; A Fonsagrada; A Harlot's Progress; A House for Mr Biswas; A Love Supreme; A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) A Midsummer Night's Dream; A Mighty Fortress Is Our ...