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Muscles
Chapter 8 muscles
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/15/2012

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Frontalis
Definition
Wrinkles skin of forehead; elevates eyebrows, draws scalp anteriorly
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Obicularis Oculi
Definition
Depresses uppler eyelid, elvates lower eyelid, tightens skin aorund eyes
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Risorious
Definition
draws corner of mouth to the side
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menatlis
Definition
elevates and protrudes lower lip
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buccinator
Definition
compresses cheek inward (as in whistling)
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corrugator supercilli
Definition
pulls skin inferiorly and anteriorly, wrinkles brow
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masseter
Definition
elevates and retracts mandible
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sternocliedomastoid
Definition
simulataneous contraction of both heads,flexes neck, individual action of each head rotates head to shoulder on opposite side
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trapezius
Definition
extends neck, retracts scapula
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pectoralis major
Definition
primary muscle of arm flexion, adducts and medially rotates arm, with arm fixed, pulls chest forward ( as in forced inspiration)
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serratus anterior
Definition
abducts and stabilizes scapula
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external oblique
Definition
compresses anterior abdominal wall, flexes trunk, rotates trunk, depresses lower ribs
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internal oblique
Definition
compresses anterior abdominal wall, flexes trunk, rotates drunk, depresses lower ribs
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tranverse abdominus
Definition
compresses anterior abdonimal contents
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rectus abdominus
Definition
compresses anterior abdominal contents
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corocobrachialis
Definition
flexion and abduction of arm/shoulder
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biceps brachii, short head
Definition
flexes and supinates forearm (turns the corkscrew and pull out the cork)
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triceps brachii, long head
Definition
extends forearm, stabilizes shoulder joint
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triceps brachi, medial head
Definition
extends forearm
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triceps brachii, lateral head
Definition
extends forearm
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flexor carpi ulnaris
Definition
flexes and adducts hand
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extendsor carpi ulnaris
Definition
flexes and abducts hand
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extensor digitorum
Definition
extends hand, extends digits 2-5
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psoas major
Definition
flexes thigh or flexes trunk on thih (as in during bow) also effects latteral flexion of vertabral column
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tensor fasciae latae
Definition
abducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh
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sartorious
Definition
flexes and laterally rotates thigh, flexes knee
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abductor longus
Definition
adducts, flexes, and laterally rotates thigh
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gracilis
Definition
adducts hip and flexes leg
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rectus femoris
Definition
extends knee and flexes thigh at hip
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vastus lateralis
Definition
extends leg at knee
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gluteus maximus
Definition
extends and laterally rotates hip
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semitendinosous
Definition
extends hip and flexes knee
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biceps femoris
Definition
long head=extends hip and flexes knee short head = flexes knee
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tibialis anterior
Definition
dorsiflexes and invert foot
Term
extensor digitorum longus
Definition
dorsiflexes, everts foot, and extends digits 2-5
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soleus
Definition
plantar flexes foot
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gastrocnemius
Definition
flexes knee and plantar flexes foot
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extensor hallicus longus
Definition
extends great toe, dorsiflexes ankle, everts foot
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plantaris
Definition
plantar flexion of foot
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infraspinatus
Definition
abducts and laterally rotates arm
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teres major
Definition
extends, medially rotates, and adducts arm
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levator scapulae
Definition
raises scapula and draws it medially, with scapula fixed, flexes neck to same side
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rhomboid major
Definition
adducts, retracts, elevates, and rotates scapula, stabilizes scapula
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serratus anterior
Definition
abducts and stabilizes scapula
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