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Muscles of Upper Limb
innervation, action of upper limb muscles
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Anatomy
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05/24/2009

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Term
Pectoralis Major
Definition

Action:  Flexes, adducts, and medially rotates arm

Innervation:  Lateral and Medial pectoral

Term
Pectoralis minor
Definition

Action:  Depresses Scapula, elevates ribs

 

Innervation:  Medial and Lateral pectoral

Term
Subclavius
Definition

Action:  Depresses lateral part of clavicle

 

Innervation:  subclavius nerve

Term
Serratus anterior
Definition

Action:  Rotates scapula upward; abducts scapula with arm and elevates arm above horizontal

 

Innervation:  Long Thoracic nerve

Term
Deltoid
Definition

Action:  abducts, adducts, flexes, extends, and rotates arm medially and laterally

 

Innervation:  Axillary

Term
Suprapspinatus
Definition

Action:  Abducts Arm

 

Innervation:  Suprascapular n.

Term
Infraspinatus
Definition

Action:  Rotates Arm laterally

 

Innervation:  Suprascapular

Term
Subscapularis
Definition

Action:  Adducts and rotates arm medially

 

Innervation:  Upper and lower subscapular

Term
Teres major
Definition

Action:  Adducts and rotates arm medially

 

Innervaion:  Axillary

Term
Lattisimus dorsi
Definition

Action:  Adducts, extends, and rotates arm medially

 

Innervaiton:  Thoracodorsal

Term
Coracobrachialis
Definition

Action:  Flexes and adducts arm

 

Innervation:  Musculocutanous

Term
Biceps brachii
Definition

Action:  Flexes arm and forearm, supinates forarm

 

Innervation:  Musculocutaneous

Term
Brachialis
Definition

Action:  flexes forearm

 

Innervation:  Musculocutaneous

Term
Triceps
Definition

Action:  extends forearm

 

Innervation:  Radial n.

Term
Anconeus
Definition

Action:  Extends forearm

 

Innervation:  Radial

Term
Pronator Teres
Definition

Aciton:  Pronates and flexes forearm

 

Innervation:  Median

Term
Flexor carpi radialis
Definition

Action:  flexes forearm and abducts hand

 

Innervaiton:  Median

Term
Palmaris Longus
Definition

Aciton:  flexes forearm and hand

 

Innervation:  Median

Term
Flexor carpi ulnaris
Definition

Action:  flexes forearm, flexes and adducts hand

 

Innervation:  Ulnar n.

Term
Flexor digitorum superficialis
Definition

Action:  flexes proximal interphalangeal joints, flexes hand and forearm

 

Innervation:  Median

Term
Flexor digitorum profundus
Definition

Action:  Flexes distal interphalangeal joints and hand

 

Innervaiton:  Median n. and ulnar n.

Term
Flexor pollicis longus
Definition

Action:  flexes thumb

 

Innervation:  Median

Term
Pronator quadratus
Definition

Action:  pronates forearm

 

Innervation:  Median

Term
Brachioradialas
Definition

Action:  flexes forearm

 

Innervation:  Radial

Term
Extensor carpi radialis
Definition

Action:  Extends and abducts hand

 

Innervation:  Radial n.

Term
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Definition

Action:  extends and abducts hand

 

Innervation:  Radial

Term
Extensor digitorium
Definition

Aciton:  Extends hands and fingers

 

Innervaion:  Radial

Term
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Definition

Action:  Extends and adducts hand

 

Innervation:  Radial n.

Term
Supinator
Definition

Action:  supinates forearm

 

Innervation:  Radial

Term
Abductor pollicis longus
Definition

Action:  Abducts thumb and hand

 

Innervation:  Radial n.

Term
Extensor policis longus
Definition

Action:  Extends proximal phalanx of thumb and abducts hand

 

Innervation:  Radial

 

Term
Extensor indicis
Definition

Action:  extend 1st and 2nd digit and hand

 

Innervaiton:  Radial n.

Term
Abductor pollicis brevis
Definition

Action:  abducts thumb

 

Innervaiton:  median n.

Term
Flexor pollicis brevis
Definition

Action:  flexes thumb

 

Innervation:  Median n.

Term
Oppenens pollicis
Definition

Action:  Opposes thumb to other digits

 

Innervation:  Median n.

Term
Adductor pollicis
Definition

Action:  adducts thumb

 

Innervation:  Ulnar n.

 

Term
Palmaris brevis
Definition

Action:  wrinkles skin on medial side of palm

 

Innervation:  Ulnar

Term
Abductor digiti minimi
Definition

Action:  Abducts little finger

 

Innervation:  Ulnar

Term
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
Definition

Action:  flexes proximal phalanx of little finger

 

Innervaion:  Ulnar

Term
Opponens digiti minimi
Definition

Action:  Opposes little finger to other digits

 

Innervaion:  Ulnar n.

Term
Lumbricals
Definition

Action:  flex metacarpophalangeal joints; exten interphalangeal joints

 

Innervaion:  Median n. for 2 lateral 1st and 2nd digits; ulnar n. for 2 medail 3rd and 4th digits

Term
dorsal interossei (4)
Definition

action:  abduct fingers; flex metacarpophalangeal joints; extend interphalangeal joints

 

innervation:  ulnar n.

Term
palmar interossei (3)
Definition

action:  adduct fingers; flex metacarpophalangeal joints; extend interphalangeal joints

 

innervation:  ulnar n.

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