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1
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for the eyesocket - used for closing eyes

A

Orbicularis oculi

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2
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for smiling

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Zygomaticus

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3
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Chewing

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Buccinator

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4
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Round shaped muscle to close mouth or pucker lips

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Orbicularis Oris

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5
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Facial expressions- sadness, suprise, horror

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Platysma

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6
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Chewing (tension headaches happen when this muscle contracts for too long)

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Temporalis

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7
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Connective tissue attaching occipitalis and frontalis

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Cranial aponeurosis

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8
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moving eyebrows

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Occipitalis

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9
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mastication (chewing)

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Masseter

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10
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Neck flexer (laterally rotates head)

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Sternocleidomastoid

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11
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Posture and active movements - tilts and turns head and neck. Raises, retracts, rotates scapula.

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Trapezius

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12
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Arm abduction

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Deltoid

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13
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Flexion, adduction and internal rotation

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Pectoralis major

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14
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Main Elbow flexion of elbow and supination of forearm

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Biceps brachii

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15
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Second main Elbow flexor

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Brachialis

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16
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(Helper) Flexes forearm at elbow

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Brachioradialis

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17
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Flex vertebral column (bend over)

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Rectus abdominus

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18
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Has horizontal muscle fibers, maintains tone of abdominal organs

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Transversus abdominus

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19
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Antagonist of diaphragm

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Internal oblique

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20
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Used for Valsalva maneuver/flexes and rotates vertebral column

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External oblique

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21
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Extension of elbow joint

A

Triceps brachii

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22
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Adduct, medially rotate extend arm at the glemohumeral joint

A

latissmus dorsi

23
Q

straighten the back/side-to-side rotation (3)

A

ilicostalis
longissmus
spinalis

24
Q

Lateral tilt/ extensor of lumbar spine/ accessory muscle inspiration

A

Quatratus lumborum

25
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Rotator of shoulder/shoulder extension

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Infraspinatus

26
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Abduction and shoulder stabilization (insertion is the greater turbecle)

A

Supraspinatus

27
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Rotate the humerus/adduct

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Teres major + teres minor

28
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Pronation and flexion of forearm

A

Pronator teres

29
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supination of forearm

30
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Flexion of wrist and abduction of wrist towards radius bone

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Flexor carpiradialis

31
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Flexion and adduction of hand and wrist

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Flexor carpiulnaris

32
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Flexion of fingers

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Flexor digitorum profundus

33
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Flexion of fingers and interphalangeal joints (furthest joins in fingers)

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Flexor pollicis longus

34
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Flexion of thumb interphalangeal joins (gripping)

A

Flexor pollicus longus

35
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Abductor of thumb at wrist

A

Abductor pollicis longus

36
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Protector of flexor tendons and median nerve (the wrist strip, damage will call carpal tunnel)

A

flexor retinaculum

37
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Protector of extendor tendons

A

Extensor retinaculum

38
Q

Abduct hand at wrist

A

Extensor carpi radialis

39
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Extendor and abduction of wrist

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extensor carpiradialus

40
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Abducting and extending thighs (2)

A

Gluteus maximus/medius

41
Q

What is the best place to give a butt injection?

A

make a quadrant on posterior thigh and inject in upper right (gluteus medius)

42
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What is the best place to give a arm injection?

43
Q

What is the best place to give a leg injection?

A

vastus lateralis

44
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Hip and knee flexor (crossy leg tailor sit)

45
Q

Extensors of knee (walking, running, jumping, squatting)

A

Quadritriceps:
-rectus femoris
-vastus lateralis
-vastus medialis

46
Q

Flexion of hip

A

Rectus femoris

47
Q

Flexes knee and foot

A

Gatrocnemius

48
Q

Flexes foot to point toe downwards

49
Q

Flexus of ankle and eversion

A

fibularis longus

50
Q

Extends foot at ankle and four small digits (plantar flexion)

A

extensor digitalus longus

51
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inversion and dorsiflexion

A

tibialis anterior

52
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Eversion and ankle flexion

A

fibularus longus

53
Q

Connects gastrocnemius with medial malleolus

A

Calcaneal (achilles) tendon

Human Structure and Function I (7 decks)

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