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muscle origins Flashcards

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trapezius

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Location: upper back
Origin: Occipital bone, cervical, thoracic spine
Movements: Superior–elevates scapula
Middle–adducts scapula
Inferior–adducts scapula

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Rhomboideus Major

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Location: between shoulders, upper back
Origin: Spine
Movements: Elevates/adducts scapula

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Serratus Anterior

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Location: Ribs
Origin: Superior ribs
Movement: Abducts scapula

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Pectoralis Major (flexor and adductor)

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Origin: Clavicle, Sternum and costal cartilages of ribs
Insertion: Greater Tubercle and lateral lip of intertubercle sulcus of humerus

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Deltoid (abductor and Flexor)

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Origin: Acromial extremity of clavicle, acromion of scapula
Insertion: deltoid tuberosity of humerus

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Latissimus Dorsi (extensor)

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Origin: Spines, lumbar vertebre, crests of sacrum, illiac crest
Insertion: humerus

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Hamstrings (Flexors)

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Origin: Lateral/medial condoyles of femur, capsul of knee
Inserion: Tibia

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Gastrocnemius (Flexor)

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Lateral medial condoyle of femur/knee

Insertion: Calcaneus

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Sartorious (flexor)

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Origin: Anterior Suprior Iliac Spine
Insertion: Medial surface of body of tibia

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Quadrieceps (Extensors)

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Orignin: Linea aspera
Insertion: Patella via quad, tendons/ tibial tuberosity via patellar ligament

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Sartorius

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Location: Anterior, lateral
Action: Flexes and abducts at hip
Flexes leg at knee joint

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Quads

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Location: Anterior
Action at Hip: Flexes
Action at knee: extends

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Hamstrings

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Location: Posterior
Acton at hip: Extends
Action at knee: Flex

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Tibialis Anterior (dorsiflexor)

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Origin: lateral condoyle and body of tibia and interosseous membrane
Insertion: first metatarsal

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Fibularis Longus (Plantar flexor)

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Origin: Head/Body of fibula
Insertion: 1st metatarsal

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Gastrocnemus (Plantar Flexor)

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Origin: Lateral/Medial condoyle of femur/ capsule of knee
Insertion: Calcaneus

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Action of Gastrocnemius

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Flexes leg at knee
Flexes foot at ankle
Crosses both knee and ankle joints

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Bicpes (Flexors)

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Origin: Tubercle above glenoid cavity, caracoid process
Insertion: Radial tuberosity, biceps

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Triceps (Extensors)

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Origin: Long head - tubercle, laterl-lat./post. of humerus. Infraglenoid tubercle
Insertion: Olecranon of ulna

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Tensor fasciae Latae (flexor and abductor)

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Origin: Iliac crest
Insertion: Tibia by way of ilitibial tract

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Rector Femoris (flexor)

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Origin: Iliac spine
Insertion: Datella via quad tendons

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Sartorius (flexor)

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Origin: Anterior Superior Iliac spine
Instertion: Medial surface of body of tibia

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Iliopsoas (flexor)

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Origin: Transverse process lumber erect.
Location: With iliac into lesser trochanter of femur

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Hamstrings (extensors)

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Origin: Ischial tuberosity
Insertion: Head of fibula/ lateral condoyle of tibia. medial condoyle

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Gluteus maximus (Extensor)

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Origin: Iliac crest, sacrum, coccyx
Insertion: Iliotibia tract of fascia latae, linea aspera

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Gluteus medius (Abductor)

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Origin: Ilium
Insertion: Greater Trochanter of femur

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Adductoro group (adductor)

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Origin: Pubis
Instertion: Linea aspera of femur

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Plane Joints

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Movements: back/ forth.
side to side
rotate against
ex)bones at wrist and tarsal at ankle

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Hinge Joints

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Movements: Angular Opening and closing motion

Ex) Knee, elbow and ankle

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Pivot Joints

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Movements: rotate around own longitudinal axis

Ex) Shake head no

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Condyloid Joints

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Movements: Around 2 axex and limited circumduction

Ex) Wrist

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Saddle Joints

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Movements: around 2 axes and limited circumduction

Ex) carpometacarpal between carpus and metacarpal of thumb

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Ball and Socket

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Movements: 3 axes. Flexion-extension
abduction-adduction
rotation
Ex) shoulder and Hip

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