Muscles and their functions Flashcards
for the eyesocket - used for closing eyes
Orbicularis oculi
for smiling
Zygomaticus
Chewing
Buccinator
Round shaped muscle to close mouth or pucker lips
Orbicularis Oris
Facial expressions- sadness, suprise, horror
Platysma
Chewing (tension headaches happen when this muscle contracts for too long)
Temporalis
Connective tissue attaching occipitalis and frontalis
Cranial aponeurosis
moving eyebrows
Occipitalis
mastication (chewing)
Masseter
Neck flexer (laterally rotates head)
Sternocleidomastoid
Posture and active movements - tilts and turns head and neck. Raises, retracts, rotates scapula.
Trapezius
Arm abduction
Deltoid
Flexion, adduction and internal rotation
Pectoralis major
Main Elbow flexion of elbow and supination of forearm
Biceps brachii
Second main Elbow flexor
Brachialis
(Helper) Flexes forearm at elbow
Brachioradialis
Flex vertebral column (bend over)
Rectus abdominus
Has horizontal muscle fibers, maintains tone of abdominal organs
Transversus abdominus
Antagonist of diaphragm
Internal oblique
Used for Valsalva maneuver/flexes and rotates vertebral column
External oblique
Extension of elbow joint
Triceps brachii