Muscles Flashcards
(Movement) Flexion
Decrease the angle between 2 bones
(Movement) Circumduction
Move your fingers/limb in cone space
(Movement) Extension
Increasing the angle between 2 bones
(Movement) Abduction
Moving limb away from midline
(Movement) Adduction
Moving limb towards midline
(Movement) Rotation
Turning of bone along lone axis
(Movement [foot and ankle])
Plantarflexion
Pointing toes down
(Movement [foot and ankle])
Dorsiflexion
Pointing toes up
(Movement [foot and ankle])
Inversion
Turning sole midiately bottom of foot
(Movement [foot and ankle])
Eversion
Turning sole laterally
(Movement [hand])
Supination
Rotating the forearm palm faces anteriorly
(Movement [hand])
Pronation
Rotating the forearm Palm faces posteriorly
(Head and Face) Orbicularis oculi
Circle around eye/ Closes eye
(Head and Face) Orbicularis oris
Circle around mouth/Closes/purses lips
(Head and Face) Temporalis
Triangle by ear/ elevates mandible
(Head and Face) Zygomticus
2 lines connected to mouth/ smiling
(Head and Face) Sternocleidomastoid
Side of neck/ flexes the head
(Head and Face) Masseter
side of chin/closes the jaw
(Head and Face) Buccinator
Triangle by mouth/keeps food between grinding teeth
(Thorax and Shoulder) Trapezius
Long back muscle connected to spine/rotates scapula
(Thorax and Shoulder) Pectoralis major
Pec/ flexes arm; rotates arm medially
(Thorax and Shoulder) Pectoralis minor
3 muscles connected to scapula/ draws scapula forward and downward; moves rib cage up
(Thorax and Shoulder) Deltoid
D-shape; upper arm/ abducts arm