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origins and insertions
muscles
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
10/14/2011

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sternocleidomastoid
Definition
origin: manubrium of sternum and medial portion of clavicle
insertion: mastoid process of temporal bone and superior nuchal line of occipital bone.
Term
deltoid
Definition
origin: lateral 1/3 of clavicle, acromion and spine of scapula
insertion: deltoid tuberosity of humerus
Term
trapezius
Definition
origin: occipital bone and spines of c7 plus all the thoracic vertebrae
insertion: continuous insertion along acromion, spine of scapula and lateral 1/3 of clavicale
Term
biceps brachii
Definition
origin: short head: coracoid process; long head: tubercle above glenoid cavity and lip of glenoid cavity and proximal humerus.
insertion: radial tuberosity
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triceps brachii
Definition
origin: long head: infraglenoid tubercle of scapula. lateral head: posterior shaft of humerus. medial head: posterior distal humerus
insertion: olecronon process of ulna
Term
gluteus maximus
Definition
origin: dorsal ilium, sacrum + coccyx
insertion: gluteal tuberosity of femur
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brachioradialis
Definition
origin: distal end of humerus
insertion: base of styloid process of radius
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quadriceps femoris
Definition
origins:
rectus femoris: anterior inferior iliac spine
vastus lateralis: greater trochanter of femur
vastus medialis: linea aspera of femur
vastus intermedius: anterior and lateral surfaces of proximal femur shaft
Insertion: patella
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