Muscles

Question 1

Frontalis

Answer 1

Place - Forehead

Action - moves scalp/raises eyebrow/wrinkles forehead

Question 2

Occipitalis

Answer 2

Place - Back/lower head

Action - pulls scalp backwards

Question 3

Biceps

Answer 3

Place - Anterior (inner) Upper arm

Action - Flexion of arm at elbow

Question 4

Triceps

Answer 4

Place - Posterior (outter) Upper arm

Action - Extension of arm at elbow

Question 5

Brachioradialis

Answer 5

Place - Lateral side of elbow joint/down forearm to wrist

Action - Flexes elbow, pronation/supnation of hand

Question 6

Flexor Carpi Radialis

Answer 6

Place - Medial side of forearm to wrist

Action - Abducts/flexes wrist, helps elbow flexion

Question 7

Flexor Carpi Ulnaris

Answer 7

Place - Medial side of forearm to wrist

Action - Flexes/abducts wrist, helps elbow flexion

Question 8

Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus

Answer 8

Place - Lateral side of forearm to hand

Action - Extension/abduction of wrist

Question 9

Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis

Answer 9

Place - Lateral side of forearm to hand

Action - Extension/abduction of wrist

Question 10

Extensor Carpi Ulnaris

Answer 10

Place - Lateral side of forearm to hand

Action - Extends/adducts wrist

Question 11

Flexor Digitorum

Answer 11

Place - Anterior/ Medial side of lower arm

Action - Flexes wrist/fingers

Question 12

Extensor Digitorum

Answer 12

Place - Lateral side of forearm to base of fingers

Action - Extends wrists/fingers

Question 13

Gastrocnemius

Answer 13

Place - Posterior muscle of lower leg

Action - Plantar flexion, flexes knee

Question 14

Soleus

Answer 14

Place - Under gastrocnemius

Action - Plantar flexion

Question 15

Flexor Digitorum Longus

Answer 15

Place - Posterior surface of tibia

Action - flexes toes, weak plantar flexion, invertor of foot

Question 16

Flexor Digitorum Brevis

Answer 16

Place - Plantar surface of foot

Action - flexes toes

Question 17

Flexor Hallucis Longus

Answer 17

Place - Posterior of fibula

Action - flexes big toe, weak plantar flexion/invertor of foot

Question 18

Orbicularis Oculi

Answer 18

Place - Around eye socket

Action - Closes eyelids

Question 19

Nasalis

Answer 19

Place - Bridge of nose

Action - Dialates/constricts nostrils

Question 20

Orbicularis Oris

Answer 20

Place - Surrounds mouth

Action - Closes lips, pouts

Question 21

Mentalis

Answer 21

Place - Centre of chin

Action - Protudes lower lip, pouting

Question 22

Platysma

Answer 22

Place - Chin down front/sides of neck

Action - mouth corners down, lower mandible, maintain skin texture

Question 23

Triangularis

Answer 23

Place - Each side of mouth over mandible

Action - Brings side of mouth down, frown

Question 24

Buccinator

Answer 24

Place - Sides of cheeks

Action - Compresses cheeks

Question 25

Risorious

Answer 25

Place - Side of mouth | Action - lifts corners of mouth, smile

Question 26

Procerus

Answer 26

Place - Between brows down nasal bone | Action - eyebrows down to frown, wrinkle nose

Question 27

Levator Scapula

Answer 27

Place - back of neck between cervical vertabrae and scapula | Action - lift/rotate capula, flexes neck, rotates head, extends head and neck

Question 28

Extensor Hallucis Longus

Answer 28

Place - Anterior surface of fibula | Action - Extends big toe, dorsiflexion/inversion of foot

Question 29

Peroneus Longus

Answer 29

Place - Lateral side of fibula | Action - Plantar flexion/everion of foot

Question 30

Extensor Digitorum Brevis

Answer 30

Place - Plantar surface of foot | Action - Extends toes

Question 31

Extensor Digitorum Longus

Answer 31

Place - Lateral Tibia and Anterior Fibula | Action - Extends toess, dorsiflexion/eversion of ankle

Question 32

Sternocleidomastoid

Answer 32

Place - Each side of neck, back of ear to sternum | Action - Rotate head, pull head forward

Question 33

Masseter

Answer 33

Place - Each side of face infront of ears | Action - Raises/lowers jaw, chewing

Question 34

Zygomaticus Minor/Major

Answer 34

Place - Along zygomatic bone, cheek | Action - Raises corner of mouth, smiling

Question 35

Depressor Labii Inferioris

Answer 35

Place - Side of lower lip down mandible | Action - Brings lower lip downwards/sideways

Question 36

Pectoralis Minor

Answer 36

Place - Smaller than major, beneath/infront of on chest | Action - Depresses/abducts/rotattes scapula down

Question 37

Pectoralis Major

Answer 37

Place - Front of chest (under breast tissue) | Action - Flexion/Adduction/Extension/Medial rotation of shoulder

Question 38

Quadrates Labbi Superoris

Answer 38

Place - Sides of upper lips across maxilla/zygomatic | Action - lifts upper lip

Question 39

Corrugator

Answer 39

Place - Between eyebrows | Action - Wrinkles forehead in between nose, frowning

Question 40

Temporalis

Answer 40

Place - Side of head stretching to mandible | Action - Raises mandible, chew food

Question 41

Trapezius

Answer 41

Place - Large diamond shape across shoulders | Action - extend/rotate/flexes head, lifts scapula

Question 42

Deltoid

Answer 42

Place - Lies over shoulder | Action - Draws arm back/forward, abducts arm

Question 43

Tibialis Posterior

Answer 43

Place - Along tibia on posterior of lower leg | Action - Plantar flexion/inversion of foot

Question 44

Tibialis Anterior

Answer 44

Place - Along outside of tibia | Action - Dorsiflexion/inversion of foot

Question 45

Hypothenar Eminence

Answer 45

Place - Small muscle group located in little finger/medial side of hand Action - Abduction/flexion/opposition of little finger

Question 46

Thenar Eminence

Answer 46

Place - group of small muscles located in thumb/lateral side of hand Action - Abduction/flecion/opposition of thumb