Muscles Flashcards
what are the motions of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
bilateral neck flexion, bilateral head hyperextension, unilateral opposite side face rotation of the face, lateral flexion
What are the motions of the scalene
Bilateral flexion, unilateral lateral flexion
What are the motions of the prevertebral muscles
Bilateral head/neck flexion, unilateral head/neck lateral flexion
What are the muscles of the posterior neck
Splenius capitis, splenius cervicis, suboccipital
What are the motions of the splenius capitis
Bilateral head/neck extension, unilateral same side rotation of the face, lateral flexion
What are the motions of the splenius cervicis
Bilateral extension, unilateral same side rotation, lateral flexion
What are the motions of the suboccipital muscle
bilateral extension of the head, unilateral extension of the head, same side rotation, and lateral flexion
What are the motions of the rectus abdominis?
bilateral flexion + compress the abdomen
What do the external obliques do?
Bilateral flexion and compression of the abdomen, unilateral opposite side rotation and lateral flexion
What are the motions of the internal obliques
Bilateral flexion and compression of the abdomen, unilateral same side rotation, lateral flexion
What are the motions of the transverse abdominis
Bilateral compression of the abdomen
What are the muscles of the posterior neck and trunk
erector spinae group, transversospinalis, interspinalis, intertransversii
What are the motions of the erector spinae group
Bilateral neck and trunk extension, unilateral trunk/ neck lateral flexion
What are the motions of the transversospinalis
bilateral neck/trunk extension, unilateral trunk/neck rotation to the opposite side
What are the motions of the intertransversii
unilateral neck/trunk lateral flexion
What are the motions of the interspinalis
Unilateral neck/trunk extension
What are the motions of the quadratus lumborum
Unilateral lateral flexion
What are the motions of the iliopsoas (psoas major& iliacus)
hip flexion
What are the motions of the sartorius
hip flexion, hip abduction, lateral rotation, knee flexion
What are the motions of the quadriceps- rectus femoris
Hip flexion, knee extension
What are the motions of the pectineus
hip flexion, adduction