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Occipitofrontalis (frontal belly) |
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Origin: Upper facial muscles
Insertion: Galeal aponeurosis
Action: Wrinkles forehead
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Occipitofrontalis (occipital belly) |
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Origin: Mastoid process
Insertion: Galeal aponeurosis
Action: Wrinkles forehead |
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Action: Wrinkles forehead (near eyebrows)
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Action: closes eyelids and aids passage/drainage of tears
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Action: Narrows mouth orifice, puckers lips
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Action: Aids mastication, tenses cheeks
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Depressor labii inferioris |
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Action: depresses the lower lip
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Action: elevates upper lip
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Action: Elevates & draws mouth laterally
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Origin: zygomatic arch and zygomatic process
Insertion: lower ramus of mandible
Action: Elevates mandible (closure of the mouth)
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Action: Elevates mandible
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Action: Elevates hyoid bone. Depresses mandible and aids swallowing
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Sternocleidomastoid (both heads) |
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Origin: Anterior + Superior Manubrium, Medial clavicle
Insertion: mastoid process, nuchal line
Action: Flexes and rotates cervical spine. Protracts/extends head and neck.
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Splenius capitis (posterior neck) |
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Action: Extends + rotates cervical spine
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Action: Depresses/wrinkles skin of lower face. Aids in mandible depression
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Origin: Suprascapular ligament
Insertion: hyoid bone
Action: Depresses hyoid bone + larynx[image] |
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Action: Supports ab. wall, adducts and rotates trunk
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Action: Supports ab. wall, abducts and rotates trunk.
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Action: Supports ab. wall, aids forced expiration. Supports walls of inguinal canal
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Origin: Pubic symphysis & cretst
Insertion: costal cartilages and xyphoid process
Action: flexes trunk, aids in forced expiration
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Origin: medial head of clavicle, manubrium/sternum, upper costal cartilages
Insertion: bicipital groove of humerus and deltoid tuberosity
Action: flexes, adducts, and medially rotates arm
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Action: Laterally rotates and protacts scapula
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Origin: Inferior border of the ribs
Insertion: Superior border of the ribs
Action: Fix intercostal spaces during respiration. Aids inforced inspiration by elevating ribs
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Origin: Inferior border of ribs
Insertion: Superior border of ribs
Action: Fix intercostal spaces during respiration. Aids forced inspiration by elevating ribs.
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Action: Inspiration
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Action: Extends and laterally flexes spine
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Action: laterally rotates and elevates scapula
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Action: Retracts scapula (back to rest position).
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Action: raises medial border of scapula
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Origin: iliac crest, lower thoracic/lumbar/sacral vertebrae, scapula
Insertion: intertubercular suclus of humerus
Action: Extends, adducts, and medially rotates arm.[image]
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Origin: clavicle, acromion, spine of scapula
Insertion: deltoid tuberosity of humerus
Action: abducts arm
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Origin: supraspinous fossa of scapula, upper surface of spine
Insertion: greater tuberosity of humerus, capsule of shoulder joint
Action: abducts arm, stabilizes shoulder joint
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Action: Laterally rotates arm and stabilizes shoulder joint
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Action: Medially rotates arm and stabilizes shoulder joint.
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Action: medially rotates and adducts arm
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Biceps brachii (short & long heads) |
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Origin: Long head, supraglenoid tubercle of scapula. Short head, coracoid process
Insertion: tuberosity of radius
Action: flexes elbow, weakly flexes shoulder, supinates forearm
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Action: flexes elbow
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Origin: Long head, infraglenoid tubercle of scapula. Medial head, posterior humerus.
Insertion: olecranon process of ulna
Action: Extends elbow. Stabilizes shoulder joint.
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Action: Flexes arm at elbow
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Origin: medial epicondyle of humerus
Insertion: 2nd and 3rd metacarpals
Action: Flexes and abducts wrist
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Action: Flexes and adducts wrist
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Flexor digitorum superficialis |
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Action: flexes metacarpals, phalanges, and wrist
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Action: Flexes distal phalanx of thumb
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Extensor carpi radialis brevis |
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Origin: lateral epicondyle of humerus
Insertion: 3rd metacarpal Action: Extends and abducts hand at wrist
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Action: Extends and adducts hand at wrist
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Action: Extends all joints of fingers
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Action: Extends interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints of the thumb.
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Action: Flexes and laterally rotates hip
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Action: Flexes medially, rotates hip
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Origin: Ilium, Iliac crest, sacrum, coccyx
Insertion: gluteal tuberosity of femur, iliotibial tract
Action: Extends and laterally rotates hip
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Action: Abducts and medially rotates hip.
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Action: Adducts and medially rotates hip.
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Origin: below anterior superior iliac spine
Insertion: upper medial shaft of tibia
Action: flexes, abducts, laterally rotates thigh at hip.
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Origin: anterior inferior iliac spine, ilium (above acetabulum)
Insertion: quadriceps tendon to patella to tubercle of tibia
Action: Extends leg at knee. Flexes thigh at hip.
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Origin: greater trochanter (femur), lateral linea aspera
Insertion: quadriceps tendon to patella to tubercle of tibia
Action: Extends knee |
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Action: Extends knee. Stabilizes patella.
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Action: Extends knee
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Action: Adducts hip. Flexes knee and medially rotates flexed knee.
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Action: Flexes and laterally rotates knee.[image] |
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Action: Flexes and medially rotates knee.
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Action: Flexes and medially rotates knee. Extends hip.
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Action: Extends and inverts foot at ankle.
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fibularis (peroneus) longus |
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Action: Plantar flexes and everts foot.
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Origin: medial & lateral condyles of femur.
Insertion: Calcaneus
Action: Plantar flexes foot. Flexes knee.
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Action: Plantar flexes foot
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Action: Flexes distal phalanges of lateral four toes
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Extensor digitorum longus |
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Action: Extends toes as well as foot at ankle
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Origin: posterior fibula, aponeurosis of digitorum longus
Insertion: base of distal phalanx
Action: Flexes distal phalanx of big toe
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