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Human Body: Muscle and Bones
Muscle and Bone Terms
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Biology
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11/11/2013

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Adductor longus

adducts, flexes, and rotates thigh laterally

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Adductor magnus

adducts thigh

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Biceps femoris

flexes leg at knee

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Biceps brachii

flexes arm at elbow

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Brachioradialis

flexes arm at elbow

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Carpals:

16

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Clavicle:

2

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Coccyx:

1

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Coxa:

2

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Cranial:

8

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Deltoid

abducts, extends, and flexes arm

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Extensors of wrist and fingers

extends wrist and adducts hand

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External abdominal oblique

tenses abdominal wall

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Facial:

14

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Femur:

2

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Fibula:

2

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Flexors of wrist and fingers

flexes wrist and abducts hand

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Frontalis

raises eyebrows/ pulls scapl posteriorly

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Gastrocnemius

plantar flexion

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Gluteus maximus

extends thigh at hip

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Gluteus medius

abducts and rotates thigh medially

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Gracilis

adducts thigh and flexes leg at knee

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Humerus:

2

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Hyoid:

1

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Vastus lateralis

extends leg at knee

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Latissimus dorsi

extends, adducts, and rotates arm medially

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Vastus medialis

extends leg at knee

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Masseter

elevates mandible

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Metacarpals:

10

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Metatarsals:

10

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Orbicularis oculi

closes eye

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Orbicularis oris

closes lips

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Patella:

2

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Pectineus

adducts thigh, flexes hip

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Phalanges:

28

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Platysma

depresses mandible

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Radius:

2

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Rectus abdominis

tenses abdominal wall

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Rectus femoris

extends leg at knee

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Ribs:

24

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Sacrum:

1

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Sartorius

flexes leg at knee, abducts and rotates thigh laterally

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Scapula:

2

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Semitendinosus

flexes leg at knee

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Semimembranosus

flexes leg at knee

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Serratus anterior

pulls scapula anteriorly and downward

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Soleus

plantar flexes foot

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Sternocleidomastoid

pulls head to one side, flexes neck or elevates sternum

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Sternum:

1

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Tarsals:

14

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Temporalis

elevates mandible

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Tibia:

2

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Tibialis anterior

dorsiflexion and inversion of foot

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Trapezius

elevates pectoral girdle

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Triceps brachii

extends arm at elbow

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Ulna:

2

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Vertebrae:

24

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Pecotoralis major

flexes, adducts, and rotates arm medially

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Skull:

22

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Skeleton:

206

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