Skeletal Muscles Flashcards
Frontal muscle
Function: Raises eyebrow
Insertion: Skin of eyebrows
Origin: Occipital bone
Orbicularis oculi
Function: Closes eye
Insertion: Maxilla and frontal bone
Origin: Maxilla and frontal bone (encircles eye)
Orbicularis oris
Function: Draw lips together
Insertion: Encircles lips
Origin: Encircles lips
Zygomaticus
Function: Elevates corner of mouth and lips
Insertion: Angle of mouth and upper lip
Origin: Zygomatic
Masseter
Function: Closes jaw
Insertion: Mandible
Origin: Zygomatic arc
Temporal
Function: Closes Jaw
Oriign: Temporal region of skull
Insertion: Mandible
Sternocleidomastoid
Function: Rotates and flexes head and neck
Insertion: Mastoid process
Origin: Sternum and clavicle
Trapezius
Function: Extends head and neck
Insertion: Scapula
Origin: Skull and upper vertebrae
Pectoralis major
Function: Flexes and helps adduct upper arm
Insertion: Humerus
Origin: Sternum, clavicles, upper rib cartialige
Latissimus dorsi
Function: Extends and helps adduct upper arm
Insertion: Humerus
Origin: Vertebrae and illium
Deltoid
Function: Abducts upper arm
Insertion: Humerus
Origin: Clavicle and scapula
Biceps brachii
Function: Flexes elbow
Insertion: Radius
Origin: Scapula
Triceps brachii
Function: Extends elbow
Insertion: Ulna
Origin: Scapula and humerus
External oblique
Function: Compresses abdomen
Insertion: Midline of abdomen
Origin: Low thoracic cage
Internal oblique
Function: Compresses abdomen
Insertion: MIdline of abdomen
Origin: Pelvis