Muscles

Question 1

buccinator

Answer 1

origin: mandible, maxilla
insertion: angle of mouth

Question 2

platysma

Answer 2

origin: CT in upper chest
insertion: inferior edge of mandible

Question 3

masseter

Answer 3

origin: inferior edge of zygomatic bone
insertion: mandible

Question 4

sternocleidomastoid

Answer 4

origin: sternum, clavicle
insertion: mastoid process of temporal bone

Question 5

levator scapulae

Answer 5

insertion: cervical vertebrae
insertion: medial edge of scapula

Question 6

deltoid

Answer 6

origin: scapula
insertion: humerus

Question 7

biceps brachii

Answer 7

origin: scapula
insertion: radius

Question 8

brachialis

Answer 8

origin: humerus
insertion: ulna

Question 9

brachioradialis

Answer 9

origin: distal humerus
insertion: radius

Question 10

triceps brachii

Answer 10

origin: scapula & humerus
insertion: olecranon process of ulna

Question 11

flexor digitorum superficialis

Answer 11

origin: distal humerus, proximal ulna & radius
insertion: tendons of the fingers 2-5

Question 12

flexor pollicis longus

Answer 12

origin: anterior radius
insertion: distal phalanx of thumb

Question 13

extensor digitorum

Answer 13

origin: distal humerus
insertion: posterior surface of phalanges 2-5

Question 14

extensor pollicis longus

Answer 14

origin: middle of the ulna
insertion: distal phalanx of the thumb

Question 15

rectus abdominis

Answer 15

origin: superior edge of pubis
insertion: xiphoid process of sternum & lower ribs

Question 16

gracilis

Answer 16

origin: inferior edge of pubic bone
insertion: medial surface of tibia

Question 17

biceps femoris

Answer 17

origin: ischium, femur
insertion: head of fibula, lateral condyle of tibia

Question 18

sartorius

Answer 18

origin: anterior ilium
insertion: medial surface of tibia

Question 19

rectus femoris

Answer 19

origin: ilium, margin of acetabulum
insertion: anterior tibia by the patellar tendon

Question 20

tibialis anterior

Answer 20

origin: lateral condyle & surface of tibia
insertion: tarsal bone & 1st metatarsal

Question 21

extensor digitorum longus

Answer 21

origin: lateral condyle of tibia & fibula
insertion: dorsal surfaces of toes 2-5

Question 22

extensor hallucis longus

Answer 22

origin: anterior fibula
insertion: distal phalanx of great toe

Question 23

gastrocnemius

Answer 23

origin: lateral & medial condyles of femur
insertion: posterior surface of calcaneus

Question 24

flexor digitorum longus

Answer 24

origin: posterior tibia
insertion: distal phalanges of toes 2-5