muscles Flashcards
elbow and wrist extensors located on what side (posterior or anterior?)
On posterior side
triceps, extensor digitorum
elbow and wrist flexors located on what side?
anterior side (biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis)
lower limb flexor muscle on what side of the limb?
posterior side (hamstring for the knee, gastrocnemius)
lower limb extensor muscles located
anterior side (quadriceps femurs for the knee, tibalis anterior (digital extensor and dorsiflexor))
What flexes the hip?
the anterior compartment
what extends the hip?
the posterior compartment
muscles of facial expression innervated by?
cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
function of orbiculares oculi
closes eyes, produces blinking, squinting, draw eyebrows inferiorly
orbicularis oris
closes lips, pursing and protrudes lips, kissing
corrugated supercilli
draw eyebrows medially and inferiorly
muscles of mastication innervated by
trigenminal nerve, mandibular division
cranial nerve 5
prime movers of the jaw
masseter and temporalis
pterygoid
side to side grinding movements of the jaw
what aids in lowering the jaw?
mylohyoid and digastric
extrinsic tongue muscles do
genioglossus, hyoglossus, styloglossus
Tonge muscles innervated by
hypoglossal nerve
XII
genioglossus
protracts tonge
hyoglossus
depresses the tonge
styloglossus
retracts and elevates tonge
suprahyoid
digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid, mylohyoid
infrahyoid
sternohyoid
sternothryoid
thryohyoid
omohyoid
pharyngeal constrictors innervated by
vagus nerve 10
action of sternocleidomastoid
flexes and laterally rotates the head
neck flexion
acting alone each muscle rotates the head toward the opposite shoulder
sternocleidomastoid origin
manubrium of sternum and medial portion of clavicle