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Frontalis
raises eyebrows; wrinkles forehead
O: Aponeruroses
I: Skin of Eyebrows |
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Buccinator
Compresses sheek; as in whistling and sucking
O: Maxilla & Mandible
I: Orbicularis Oculi |
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Orbicularis Oculi
closes eye; blinking muscle
O: Frontalis & Maxilla
I: Tissue of eyelid |
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Orbicularis Oris
closes mouth, kissing muscle
O: Skin & muslce of mouth
I: Skin & muscle of mouth |
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Zygomaticus
raises lateral corner of mouth upward; smiling muscle
O: Zygomatic
I: Mandible & skin and muscle of mouth |
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Masseter
closes jaw; chewing muscle
O: Zygomatic arch
I: Angle of mandible |
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Glueeus Macimus
powerful thigh extensor
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Pectineus
adducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh
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Adductor Longus
Adducts, medially rotates and flexes thigh
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Adductor Magnus
Adducts, medially rotates and flexes thigh
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Gracilis
adducts, medially rotates & flexes thigh
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Rectus Femoris
extends knee and flexes thigh at hip
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Vastus Lateralis
extends & stabilizes knee
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Vastus medialis
extends knee; stabilizes patella
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Vastus Intermedius
extends knee (Deep) O: I: |
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Biceps Femoris
Hamstring muscle
extends thigh; flexes knee
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Semitendinosus
Hamstring muscle
extends thigh flexes knees
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Semimembranousus
hamstring muscle
Extends thigh: Flexes knee
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Sartorius
flexes, abducts, and laterally rotates thigh; flexes knee
"tailor's muscle"
longest muscle
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Tibialis Anterior
prime mover of dorsiflexion (Shin splints
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Extensor digitorum longus
prime mover of toe extenstion; synergist of dorsiflexion
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Gastrocnemius
prime mover of plantar flexion
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Soleus
synergist of platar flexion
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