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Selected Skeletal Muscles
Medical Terminology: A Word Building Approach by Jane Rice: Ch. 7, Muscular system
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Undergraduate 1
09/07/2012

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sternocleidomastoid
Definition
rotates and laterally flexes neck
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trapezius
Definition
draws head back and to the side; rotates scapula
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deltoid
Definition
raises and rotates arm
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rectus femoris
Definition
extends leg and assists flexion of thigh
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sartorius
Definition
flexes and rotates the thigh and leg
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tibialis anterior
Definition
dorsiflexes foot and increases the arch in the beginning process of walking
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pectoralis major
Definition
flexes, adducts, and rotates arm
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biceps brachii
Definition
flexes arm and forearm and supinates forearm
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external oblique
Definition
contracts abdomen and viscera (internal organs)
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rectus abdominus
Definition
compresses or flattens abdomen
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gastrocnemius
Definition
plantar flexes foot and flexes knee
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soleus
Definition
plantar flexes foot
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triceps
Definition
extends forearm
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latissimus dorsi
Definition
adducts, extends, and rotates arm; used during swimming
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gluteus medius
Definition
abducts and rotates thigh
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gluteus maximus
Definition
extends and rotates thigh
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biceps femoris
Definition
flexes knee and rotates it outward
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semitendinosus, semimembranosus
Definition
flexes and rotates leg; extends thigh
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achilles tendon
Definition
plantar (sole of the foot) flexion and extension of ankle
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