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Question | Answer |
Frontalis | Raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead |
Occipitalis | Moves scalp posteriorly |
Temporalis | Chewing |
Buccinator | Flattens Cheeks |
Masseter | Chewing |
Zygomaticus | Elevate and abduct lower lip |
Mentalis | Elevates lower lip |
Orbicularis oris | puckering muscle |
corrugated supercilii | depresses and pulls eyebrows together, squinting |
orbicularis oculi | blinking, closing the eye |
levator labii superioris | elevates upper lip |
depressor labii inferioris | depresses lower lip |
sternocleidomastoid | (one) rotates and extends head (both) flex neck |
scalene | flex neck, laterally flex neck, rotate head, elevate ribs 1 and 2 |
platysma | draws corners of the mouth inferiorly and laterally, draws skin of the neck superiorly |
levator scapula | elevates scapula |
trapezius | laterally rotates, retracts, and elevates scapula; extends neck |
latissimus dorsi | adducts and extends arm at shoulder, medially rotates arm |
serratus anterior | Draws scapula forward and upward, abducts and rotates scapula |
rhomboid major | draws scapula together, retracts and rotates scapula |
supraspinatus | abduction of arm at shoulder |
infraspinatus | laterally rotates arm, holds humeral head in glenoid cavity of scapula |
teres major | adducts and medially rotates arm at shoulder |
teres minor | laterally rotates arm, holds humeral head in glenoid cavity of scapula |
deltoid | flexion, extension, abduction of arm at shoulder |
diaphragm | inspiration and expiration (breathing) |
pectoralis major | flexes, adducts, medially rotates arm at shoulder |
pectoralis minor | draws scapula inferiorly and anteriorly, raises ribs |
external intercostals | elevate ribs, forced inhalation |
internal intercostals | depress ribs, forced exhalation |
rectus abdominus | flexes spine |
external obliques | flexes spine and compresses abdominal cavity |
internal obliques | rotates vertebral column (same side), compresses spine, unilateral contraction |
transverse abdominus | compresses abdomen, aids in childbirth |
iliopsoas | flexion at hips |
flexor fasciae latae | flexion, abduction, medial rotation of thigh at hip |
sartorius | flexion, abduction, lateral rotation of thigh at hip, flexion at knee |
gluteus maximus | lateral rotation and extension of thigh at hip |
gluteus medius | abduction and medial rotation of thigh at hip |
gluteus minimus | abduction and medial rotation of thigh at hip |
piriformus | lateral rotation of thigh |
biceps brachii | flexion of forearm at elbow, supination |
triceps brachii | extension of forearm at elbow |
brachialis | flexion of forearm at elbow |
brachioradialis | flexion of forearm at elbow |
palmaris longus | flexion of hand at wrist |
flexor carpi ulnaris | flexion and adduction of hand at wrist |
flexor carpi radialis | flexion and abduction of hand at wrist |
extensor carpi ulnaris | extension and adduction of hand at wrist |
extensor carpi radialis longus | extension and abduction of hand at wrist |
extensor digitorum | extension at hand, wrist, fingers |
Rectus femoris (quadriceps) | extension of leg at knee, flexion of hip |
vastus medialis (quadricep) | extension of leg at knee |
vastus lateralis (quadriceps) | extension of leg at knee |
vastus intermedius (quadriceps) | extension of leg at knee |
tensor fasciate latae | abduction of leg at hip |
gracilis | flexion and adduction at the hip, flexion at the knee |
adductor longus | adduction of leg at hip |
biceps femoris (hamstring) | flexion and lateral rotation of leg at knee, extension at hip |
semitendinosis (hamstring) | flexion of leg at knee, extension at hip |
semimembranosus (hamstring) | flexion of leg at knee, extension at hip |
tibialis anterior | dorsiflexion, inversion of the foot |
extensor digitorum longus | extension of the toes |
gastrocnemius | plantar flexion |
soleus | plantar flexion |
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