Muscles, Joints Flashcards
Joint angle decreases, except for knee and foot
Flexion
Joint angle increases, except for knee and foot
Extension
Toes up
dorsiflexion
toes down
plantar flexion
body part moves toward midline
adduction
body part moves away from midline
abduction
body part moves around own axis
rotation
body moves so that cone shape is outlined
circumduction
palms face forward
supination
palms face posterior
pronation
sole of foot moves inward
inversion
sole of foot moves outward
eversion
raises eyebrows
frontalis
closes eye
orbicularis oculi
closes and protrudes lips
orbicularis oris
compresses cheeks inward (suckling)
buccinator
raises corners of mouth
zygomaticus
closes jaw
masseter and temporalis
flexes and rotates head
sternocleidomastoid
extends head, adducts scapula, also depresses scapula
trapezius
abducts arm to horizontal, assists biceps and triceps
deltoid
flexes and adducts arm, medial rotates the humerus
pectoralis major