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lab 8 - muscles of upper and lower appendages Flashcards

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supinator

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action: supinates hand
O - lateral epicondyle of humerus
I - proximal radius

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pronator teres

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pronates hand, flexes forearm
O - medial epicondyle of humerus
I - lateral, middle region of radius

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pronator quadratus

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pronates hand

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biceps brachii

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flexes arm, flexes forearm
O - long head: superior margin of glenoid cavity; Short head: coracoid process of scapula
I - radial tuberosity

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coracobrachialis

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flexes and medially rotates arm
O - coracoid process of scapula
I - midmedial shaft of humerus

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brachialis

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flexes forearm

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brachioradialis

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flexes forearm
O - superior surface of lateral condyle of humerus
I - styloid process of radius

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flexor carpi radialis

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flexes and abducts wrist
O - medial epicondyle of humerus
I - metacarpals II and III

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palmaris longus

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flexes hand

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flexor carpi ulnaris

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flexes and adducts wrist
O - medial epicondyle of humerus
I - pisiform, hamulus of hamate, and metacarpal V

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flexor digitorum superficialis

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flexes proximal and middle phalanges, flexes wrist

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triceps brachii

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extends and adducts arm, extends forearm
O - inferior surface of glenoid cavity
I - olecranon of ulna

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extensor carpi ulnaris

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extends and adducts wrist
O - lateral epicondyle of humerus
I - metacarpal V

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extensor digiti minimi

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extends and adducts wrist

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extensor digitorum

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extends phalanges, extends hand
O - lateral epicondyle of humerus
I - phalanges II through V

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extensor carpi radialis brevis

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extends and abducts wrist
O - lateral epicondyle of humerus
I - metacarpal III

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extensor carpi radialis longus

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extends and abducts wrist
O - lateral epicondyle of humerus
I - metacarpal II

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gluteus maximus

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extends and abducts thigh
O - iliac crest, sacrum, coccyx
I - greater trochanter of femur

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gluteus medius

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abducts and medially rotates thigh

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gluteus minimus

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abducts and medially rotates thigh

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biceps femoris

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extends thigh, flexes knee
O - ischial tuberosity and linea aspera
I - head of fibula

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semitendinosus

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extends thigh, flexes knee
O - ischial tuberosity
I - proximal, medial tibia

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semimembranosus

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extends thigh, flexes knee
O - ischial tuberosity
I - medial condyle of tibia

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rectus femoris

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flexes thigh, extends leg
O - anterior inferior illiac spine, margin of acetabulum
I - tibial tuberosity

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vastus lateralis

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extends leg
O - greater trochanter of femur, linea aspera
I - tibial tuberosity

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vastus intermedius

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extends leg
O - proximal anterior femur
I - tibial tuberosity

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vastus medialis

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extends leg
O - linea aspera
I - tibial tuberosity

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sartorius

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flexes and laterally rotates thigh, flexes knee
O - anterior superior iliac spine
I - proximal, medial tibia

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tensor fasciae

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(attached to iliotibial tract)
flexes and medially rotates thigh, extends and laterally rotates knee

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gracilis

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flexes and medially rotates leg
O -pubis, ischium
I - proximal, medial tibia

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adductor longus

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adducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh
O - pubis
I - linea aspera

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adductor magnus

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adducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh

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adductor brevis

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adducts thigh

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pectineus

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adducts, flexes thigh

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illiopsoas (illiacus and Psoas major)

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flexes thigh and lumbar vertebrae

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gastrocnemius

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flexes leg, plantar flexes foot
O - posterior condyles of femur
I - calcaneus

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soleus

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plantar flexes foot
O - posterior, proximal tibia and fibula
I - calcaneus

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flexor digitorum longus

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flexes toes, plantar flexes and inverts foot

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tibialis posterior

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plantar flexes and inverts foot

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flexor hallucis longus

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flexes hallux (big toe), inverts foot

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fibularis longus

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plantar flexes and everts foot

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fibularis brevis

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plantar flexes and everts foot

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extensor digitorum longus

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extends toes, dorsiflexes foot

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extensor hallucis longus

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extends hallux (big toe), dorsiflexes foot

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tibialis anterior

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dorsiflexes and inverts foot
O - lateral, proximal condyle of tibia
I - first metatarsal, medial cuneiform

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