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selected skeletal muscles
muscles & actions
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
11/07/2011

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Term
EPICRANIUS
Definition
FRONTALIS: RAISES EYEBROWS

OCCIPITALIS: PULLS SCALP BACKWARDS
Term
LEVATOR PALPEBRAE SUPERIORIS
Definition
OPENS EYES
Term
ORBICULARIS OCULI
Definition
CLOSES EYES
Term
ORBICULARIS ORIS
Definition
CLOSES LIPS
Term
BUCCINATOR
Definition
'PUFFED OUT' CHEEKS
Term
MASSETER
Definition
RAISES MANDIBLE
CHEWING MUSCLE
Term
TEMPORALIS
Definition
LIKE MASSETER
RAISES MANDIBLE
CHEWING MUSCLE
Term
ZYGOMATICUS MAJOR/MINOR
Definition
RAISES CORNERS OF MOUTH
SMILING MUSCLE
Term
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
Definition
FLEX HEAD FORWARD
EACH FLEXES HEAD OPPOSITE SIDE
Term
TRAPEZIUS
Definition
HOLDING OR MOVING SCAPULA
UPPER TRIANGLE OF DIAMOND- EXTEND HEAD WHEN IT CONTRACTS
Term
SERRATUS ANTERIOR
Definition
FIXES SHOULDER/SCAPULA
MOVING SCAPULA
Term
LATISSIMUS DORSI
Definition
EXTENDS THE ARM
ADDUCT UPPER ARM
Term
PECTORALIS MAJOR
Definition
FLEXES UPPER ARM
ADDUCT UPPER ARM
Term
DELTOID
Definition
ABDUCTS UPPER ARM
Term
RECTUS ABDOMINIS
Definition
BENDS TORSO ANTERIORLY
SIT UPS
Term
EXTERNAL OBLIQUE
Definition
FORWARD FLEXION OF TORSO
BEND TORS LATERALLY
KNEE SIT UPS
Term
INTERNAL OBLIQUE
Definition
ASSISTS WITH FLEXION & LATERAL MOVEMENT
Term
TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS
Definition
DOES NOT MOVE TORSO
COMPRESS ABDOMINAL AREA
FORCED EXHALATION
Term
INTERCOSTALS
Definition
MOVES RIB CAGE
INTERNAL- EXHALATION
EXTERNAL- INHALATION
Term
DIAPHRAGM
Definition
FLATTENS & CONTRACTS
ALLOW NORMAL INHALATION
Term
SCALENES
Definition
ELEVATES RIB CAGE DURING FORCED INHALATION
Term
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
Definition
EXTENDS THIGH
ROTATES SIDEWAY AND BACK
MARCHING OR CLIMBING STAIRS
Term
GLUTEUS MEDIUS
Definition
ABDUCTS THIGHS
Term
ILIOPSOAS
Definition
FLEX THIGH OR TRUNK LATERALLY
IF BOTH CONTRACT, MAY FLEX ENTIRE TRUNK TOWARD THIGH
Term
BICEPS BRACHII
Definition
FLEXES FOREARM
SUPINATES HAND
Term
TRICEPS BRACHII
Definition
EXTENDS FOREARM
Term
FLEXOR (DIGITORUM) GROUP
Definition
FLEXES FINGERS & WRISTS
Term
ENTENSOR (DIGITORUM) GROUP
Definition
EXTENDS FINGERS & WRISTS
Term
QUADRICEPS FEMORIS GROUP
Definition
MAY EXTEND LOWER LEG
Term
RECTUS FEMORIS
Definition
MAY HELP TO FLEX THIGH
Term
VASTUS LATERALIS
Definition
EXTENDS LOWER LEG
Term
VASTUS MEDIALIS
Definition
EXTENDS LOWER LEG
Term
VASTUS INTERMEDIALIS
Definition
EXTENDS LOWER LEG
Term
HAMSTRINGS GROUP
Definition
FLEX LOWER LEG
Term
BICEPS FEMORIS
Definition
FLEXES LOWER LEG
Term
SEMITENDINOSUS
Definition
FLEXES LOWER LEG
Term
SEMIMEMBRANOSUS
Definition
FLEXES LOWER LEG
Term
ADDUCTOR LONGUS
Definition
ADDUCTS THIGH
LATERAL ROTATION OF THIGH
Term
SARTORIUS
Definition
FLEXES & LATERALLY ROTATES THIGH
Term
GASTROCNEMIUS
Definition
PLANTAR FLEXION OF FOOT
Term
SOLEUS
Definition
LIKE GASTROCNEMIUS
PLANTAR FLEXION OF FOOT
Term
TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
Definition
DORSIFLEXION
Term
PERONEUS LONGUS
Definition
EVERTS THE FOOT
WALKING ON SIDES OF FOOT
Term
SUPERIOR RECTUS
Definition
MOVES EYE SUPERIORLY
Term
INFERIOR RECTUS
Definition
MOVES EYE INFERIORLY
Term
LATERAL RECTUS
Definition
MOVES EYE LATERALLY
Term
MEDIAL RECTUS
Definition
MOVES EYE MEDIALLY
Term
SUPERIOR OBLIQUE
Definition
MOVES EYE DOWNWARD & LATERALLY
Term
INFERIOR OBLIQUE
Definition
MOVES EYE UPWARD & SOMEWHAT LATERALLY
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