Term
| adductor femoris (magnus) |
|
Definition
large triangular muscle adjacent to and in front of the semimembranosus
Movement: adducts the thigh |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
small muscle adjacent to and in front of the adductor femoris
Movement: adducts the thigh and assists in protracting the leg at the hip joint |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
very tiny muscle adjacent to and in front of the adductor longus
Movement: adducts the thigh and assists in protracting the leg at the hip joint |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
large muscle making up the majority of the calf of the leg--the Achilles tendon continues from this muscle to the insert on the heel bone
Movement: extends the foot at the ankle joint |
|
|
Term
| tibialis anterior (tibialis cranialis) |
|
Definition
anterior muscle adjacent to the tibia on the medial aspect of it
Movement: dorsiflexion of the foot at the ankle joint |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
muscle units which pass from one rib in the caudoventral direction to the next rib behind it; do not extend all the way to the midventral line
Movement: draw ribs cranially during inspiration (breathing) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
muscle units beneath the external intercostals whose fibers run in the opposite direction of those of the external intercostals
Movement: Draw ribs caudally during expiration (breathing) |
|
|
Term
| transversus costarum (transversus thoracis) |
|
Definition
a short, thin muscle running from the middle of the sternum across the cranial end of the rectus abdominus to the first rib
Movement: helps pull ribs caudally during expiration |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
actually 3 muscles which originate from ribs and run to cervical vertebrae; found dorsal to the transversus costarum
Movement: move ribs cranially during inspiration; flex and rotate neck |
|
|
Term
| serratus dorsalis (posterior) |
|
Definition
short, thin muscle slips which are dorsally located and underneath the latissimus dorsi; they originate from the lumbodorsal fascia adn run to the dorsal parts of the ribs
Movement: most of these slips are involved in lowerin the ribs during the breathing process |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
thin muscle that covers the windpipe area, which runs from the sternum to the hyoid bone
Movement: pull the hyoid bone caudally when it contracts |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
muscle lateral and dorsal to the sternohyoid which begins from the sternum and runs to the part of the voicebox known as the thyroid cartilege or Adam's apple
Movement: pulls the thyroid cartilege caudally |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
short muscle which begins on the thyroid cartilege and inserts on the hyoid bone
Movement: raises the thyroid and depresses the hyoid |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
muscle seen along the ventral border of the lower jaw
Movement: major muscle which opens/depresses jaw |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
thin sheet of muscle which runs between and deep to the 2 digastrics
Movement: elevates the floor of the mouth cavity and elevates the hyoid bone |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
muscle seen when the mylohyoid is reflected on either side of the midventral line; runs from the front of the lower jaw to the hyoid bone
Movement: pulls the hyoid bone in an anterior direction |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
large, powerful muscle lying below the zygomatic arch and behind and below the eyes
Movement: elevating or closing the mandible |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
muscle lying above the zygomatic arch against the cranium just posterior to the eye
Movement: elevates the mandible |
|
|
