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What muscles are responsible for depressing the jaw? (3)

A

Lateral pterygoid
Infrahyoid
Suprahyoid

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What muscles are responsible for closing the jaw? (3)

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Medial Pterygoid
Masseter
Temporalis

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What muscles are responsible for protruding the jaw? (3)

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Masseter
Lateral pterygoid
Medial pterygoid

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What muscles are responsible for retrusion of the jaw? (3)

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Temporalis
Masseter
Digastric

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What muscles are responsible for medial and lateral deviation of the jaw? (4)

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Medial pterygoid
Lateral pterygoid
Masseter
Temporalis

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What muscles are responsible for cervical flexion? (3)

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Sternocleidomastoid
Longus colli
Scalenes

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What muscles are responsible for cervical extension? (6)

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Splenius cervicis 
Semispinalis cervicis 
Iliocostalis cervicis 
Longissimus cervicis 
Multifidus 
Trapezius
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What muscles are responsible for cervical rotation and side bending? (7)

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Sternocleidomastoid
Scalenes
Splenius cervicis 
Longissimus cervicis 
Iliocostalis cervicis 
Levator scapulae
Multifidus
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What muscles are responsible for lumbar and thoracic flexion? (3)

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Rectus abdominis
Internal Oblique
External oblique

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What muscles are responsible for thoracic and lumbar extension? (3)

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Erector spinae
Multifidus
Quadratus lumborum

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What muscles are responsible for thoracic and lumbar rotation/lateral bending? (8)

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Psoas major
Quadratus lumborum 
External oblique
Internal oblique
Multifidus
Longissimus thoracis 
Iliocostalis throacis 
Rotatores
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What muscles are responsible for elevating the scapula? (2)

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Upper trapezius

Levator scapulae

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What muscles are responsible for depressing the scapula? (4)

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Lower trapezius
Latissimus Dorsi
Pectoralis major
Pectoralis minor

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What muscles are responsible for scapular protraction? (2)

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Serratus anterior

Pectoralis minor

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What muscles are responsible for scapular retraction? (2)

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Rhomboids

Middle trapezius

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What muscles are responsible for scapular upward rotation? (3)

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Upper trapezius
Lower trapezius
Serratus anterior

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What muscles are responsible for scapular downward rotation? (3)

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Rhomboids
Levator scapulae
Pectoralis minor

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder flexion? (4)

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Anterior deltoid
Biceps brachii
Coracobrachialis
Pectoralis major (clavicular head)

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder extension? (4)

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Posterior deltoid
Triceps (long head)
Latissimus Dorsi
Teres major

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder abduction? (2)

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Supraspinatus

Middle deltoid

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder adduction? (3)

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Pectoralis major
Latissimus dorsi
Teres major

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder horizontal abduction? (3)

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Posterior deltoid
Infraspinatus
Teres minor

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder horizontal adduction? (2)

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Anterior deltoid

Pectoralis major

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder external rotation? (3)

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Teres minor
Infraspinatus
Posterior deltoid

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What muscles are responsible for shoulder internal rotation? (5)
``` Subscapularis Teres major Pectoralis major Latissimus dorsi Anterior deltoid ```
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What muscles are responsible for elbow flexion? (3)
Biceps brachii Brachialis Brachioradialis
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What muscles are responsible for elbow extension? (2)
Triceps | Anconeus
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What 2 motions occur at the radioulnar joint?
Supination and pronation
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What muscles are responsible for forearm supination? (2)
Biceps brachii | Supinator
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What muscles are responsible for forearm pronation? (2)
Pronator quadratus | Pronator teres
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What muscles are responsible for wrist flexion? (3)
Flexor carpi ulnaris Flexor carpi radialis Palmaris longus
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What muscles are responsible for wrist extension? (3)
Extensor carpi radialis longus Extensor carpi radialis brevis Extensor carpi ulnaris
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What muscles are responsible for radial deviation? (5)
``` Extensor carpi radialis longus Extensor carpi radialis brevis Flexor carpi radialis Extensor pollicis longus Extension pollicis brevis ```
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What muscles are responsible for ulnar deviation? (2)
Extensor carpi ulnaris | Flexor carpi ulnaris
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What muscles are responsible for finger flexion? (5)
``` Flexor digitorum superficialis Flexor digitorum profundus Flexor digiti minimi Interossei (MCP) Lumbricals (MCP) ```
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What muscles are responsible for finger extension? (3)
Extensor digitorum communis Extensor indicis Extensor digiti minimi
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What muscles are responsible for finger abduction? (2)
Dorsal interossei | Abductor digiti minimi
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What muscles are responsible for finger adduction? (1)
Palmar interossei
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What muscles are responsible for thumb flexion? (3)
Flexor pollicis longus Flexor pollicis brevis Opponens pollicis
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What muscles are responsible for thumb extension? (3)
Extensor pollicis longus Extensor pollicis brevis Abductor pollicis longus
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What muscles are responsible for thumb abduction? (2)
Abductor pollicis longus | Abductor pollicis brevis
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What muscles are responsible for thumb adduction? (1)
Adductor pollicis
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What muscles are responsible for thumb opposition? (4)
Opponens pollicis Opponens digiti minimi Flexor pollicis brevis Abductor pollicis brevis
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What muscles are responsible for hip flexion? (4)
Iliopsoas Sartorius Rectus femoris Pectineus
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What muscles are responsible for hip extension? (5)
``` Gluteus maximus Gluteus medius Semitendinosus Semimembranosus Biceps femoris ```
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What muscles are responsible for hip abduction? (5)
``` Gluteus medius Gluteus minimus Piriformis Obturator internus Tensor fasciae latae ```
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What muscles are responsible for hip adduction? (4)
Adductor magnus Adductor longus Adductor brevis Gracilis
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What muscles are responsible for hip internal rotation? (5)
``` TFL Gluteus medius Gluteus minimus Pectineus Adductor longus ```
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What muscles are responsible for hip external rotation? (6)
``` Gluteus maximus Obturator externus Obturator internus Piriformis Gemelli Sartorius ```
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What muscles are responsible for knee flexion? (4)
Biceps femoris Semitendinosus Semimembranosus Sartorius
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What muscles are responsible for knee extension? (4)
Rectus femoris Vastus lateralis Vastus intermedius Vastus medialis
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What muscles are responsible for ankle plantarflexion? (7)
``` Tibialis posterior Gastrocnemius Soleus Peroneus longus Peroneus brevis Plantaris Flexor hallucis ```
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What muscles are responsible for ankle dorsiflexion? (4)
Tibialis anterior Extensor hallucis longus Extensor digitorum longus Peroneus tertius
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What muscles are responsible for ankle inversion? (3)
Tibialis posterior Tibialis anterior Flexor digitorum longus
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What muscles are responsible for ankle eversion? (3)
Peroneus longus Peroneus brevis Peroneus tertius
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What muscles are responsible for toe flexion? (7)
``` Flexor digitorum longus Flexor digitorum brevis Flexor hallucis longus Flexor hallucis brevis Flexor digiti minimi Quadratus plantae Lumbricals ```
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What muscles are responsible for toe extension? (5)
``` Extensor hallucis longus Extensor hallucis brevis Extensor digitorum longus Extensor digitorum brevis Lumbricals ```
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What muscles are responsible for toe abduction? (3)
Abductor hallucis Abductor digiti minimi Dorsal interossei
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What muscles are responsible for toe adduction? (2)
Adductor hallucis | Plantar interossei

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