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Sternocleidomastoid Active head flexion & rotation Origin; manubrium Insertion; Mastoid process |
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Orbicularis Oris
Closes and purses lips
Origin; maxilla bone & mandible
Insertion; skin and muscles at angle of mouth |
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Orbicularis Oculi
Blinking, squinting, winking of the eye and depression of eyebrows Origin; frontal bone & maxilla
Insertion; tissue of eyelid |
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Buccinator
Compresses cheek, holds food between teeth during chewing, and draws corners of mouth laterally
Origin; maxilla bone & mandible
Insertion; orbicularis oris |
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Masseter
Elevates Mandible
Origin; zygomatic arch & maxilla bone
Insertion; ramus of mandible |
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Zygomaticus Major
Smiling muscle; raises lateral corner of mouth upward
Origin; Zygomatic bone
Insertion; skin at corner of mouth |
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Zygomaticus Minor
Smiling muscle; raises lateral corner of mouth upward
Origin; Zygomatic bone
Insertion; skin at corner of mouth |
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Mylohyoid
Elevates hyoid bone and floor of mouth
Origin; mandible
Insertion; hyoid bone |
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Sternohyoid
Depresses larynx and hyoid bone if mandible is fixed
Origin; maubrium & medial end of clavicle
Insertion; hyoid bone |
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Sternothyroid
Pulls thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone inferiorly
Origin; manubrium
Insertion; thyroid cartilage |
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Scalenes
Elevates first two ribs & flexes and rotates neck
Origin; transverse processes of cervical vertebrae
Insertion; anterolaterally on first two ribs |
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Epicranius Frontal Belly
Raises Eyebrows and wrinkles forhead
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Epicranius Occipital Belly
Pulls scalp posteriorly |
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Stylohyoid
Elevates and retracts hyoid
Origin; styloid process of temporal bone
Insertion; hyoid bone |
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Omohyoid
Depresses and retracts hyoid bone
Origin; superior surface of scapula
Insertion; hyoid bone and clavicle |
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Serratus Anterior
Prime mover to protrace and hold scapula against chest wall
Origin; ribs 1-8
Insertion; entire anterior surface of vertebral border of scapula |
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Pectoralis Major
Prime mover of arm flexion, medial rotation, & adduction of arm
Origin; clavicle & sternum
Insertion; intertubercular groove of humerus |
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Pectoralis Minor
Draws scapula forward downward
Origin; ribs 3-5
Insertion; coracoid process of scapula |
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Deltoid
Prime mover of arm abduction
Origin; lateral third of clavicle, acromion, & spine of scapula
Insertion; deltoid tuberocity |
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Aconeus Abducts ulna during pronation
Origin; Lateral epicondyle of humerus
Insertion; olecranon process of ulna |
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Brachioradialis
Synergist in forearm flexion & stabilizes elbow
Origin; lateral supracondylar ridge at distal end of humerus
Insertion; base of styloid process of radius |
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Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis
Extends and abducts wrist
Origin; lateral epicondyle of humerus
Insertion; base of 3rd metacarpal |
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Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus
Wrist extension & wrist abduction
Origin; lateral supracondylar ridge of humerus
Insertion; base of 2nd metacarpal |
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Extensor carpi ulnaris
Extends, adducts wrist
Origin; lateral epicondyle of humerus & ulna
Insertion; base of 5th metacarpal |
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Extensor Digiti Minimi
Extends little finger
Origin; lateral epicondyle of humerus
Insertion; distal phalynx of 5th digit |
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Extensor Digitorum
Prime mover of finger extension
Origin; lateral epicondyle of humerus
Insertion; base of 3rd metacarpal |
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Flexor Carpi Radialis
Wrist flexor & hand abductor
Origin; medial epicondyle of humerus
Insertion; base of 2nd and 3rd metacarples |
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Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Wrist flexor & hand adductor
Origin; medial epicondyle of humerus & olecranon process of ulna
Insertion; pisiform, hamate, & base of 5th metacarpal |
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Palmaris Longus
Wrist flexor & tenses skin of palm
Origin; medial epicondyle of humerus
Insertion; palmar aponeurosis |
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Pronator teres
Pronates forearm
Origin; medial epicondyle of humerus & coranoid process of ulna
Insertion; lateral radius |
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Extensor Digitorum Longus
Toe extension
Origin; lateral condyle of tibia
Insertionl middle & distal phalanges of toes 2-5 |
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Fibularis Brevis
Evertion of foot & plantar flexion
Origin; fibula shaft
Insertion; 5th metatarsal |
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Fibularis Longus
Evertion of food & plantar flexion
Origin; head of fibula
Insertion; 1st metatarsal & medial cuneiform |
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Gastrocnemius
Plantar flexion of foot
Origin; medial & lateral condyles of femur
Insertion; calcaneus |
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Gluteus Maximus
Extensor of thigh
Origin; illium, sacrum, coccyx
Insertion; gluteal tuberosity of femur |
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Gluteus minimus
Abduction & medial rotation of thigh
Origin; ilium
Insertion; greater trochanter of femur |
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Iliacus
Prime mover of thigh flexion
Origin; Iliac fossa & crest
Insertion; Femur below lesser trochanter
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Psoas Major
Thigh flexion, flexes vertebral column laterally |
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Rectus Femoris
Knee Extension |
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Sartorius
Flexes, abducts, and laterall rotates thigh |
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Soleus
Plantar flexion of foot |
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Tibialis Anterior
Dorsiflexion and can invert food |
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Vastus Intermedius
Knee extension |
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Vastus Lateralis
Knee extension & stabilizes knee |
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Vastus Medialis
Knee extension |
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