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Muscular System
Muscles that move the arm
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Physiology
Undergraduate 2
03/22/2012
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pectoralis major
 Definition
flexes, adducts, and medially rotates the arm
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latissumus dorsi
 Definition
adducts, extends, and medially rotates the arm
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deltoid
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medial fibers abduct arm; anterior fibers flex and medially rotate arm; posterior fibers extend and laterally rotate arm
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supraspinatus
 Definition
abducts the arm
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infraspinatus
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laterally rotates and adducts the arm
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teres major
 Definition
extends, adducts, and medially rotates the arm
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