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The Muscular System-Anterior View-Actions Flashcards

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Tibialis Anterior

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Dorsal flexes the ankle and inverts the foot

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Extensor Digitorum Longus

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Long extensors of the toes

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Adductors

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Muscles that draw the leg toward the median line of the body

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Flexors of the wrist and hand

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Muscles that flex the wrist and hand

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Pronator

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Turns the hand from palm up to palm down

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Biceps Brachii

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Flexes and supinates the forearm

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Pectoralis Major

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Draws the arm forward and down

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Platysma

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Subcutaneous muscle

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Sternocleidomastoid

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Muscle that flexes and rotates the head

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Temporalis

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Closes and retracts the jaw

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Trapezius

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Assists in extension of the head and elevation and upward rotation of the scapula

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Deltoid

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Abducts and horizontally flexes the humerous

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Serratus Anterior

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Elevates ribs in respiration and stabilizes the scapula

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Rectus Abdominis

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Compressed viscera and flexes thorax

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External Oblique

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Compresses viscera and flexes thorax

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Internal Oblique

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Flexion, lateral flexion, and rotation of trunk

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Transverse Abdominis

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Tenses abdominal wall

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Brachioradialis

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Flexes elbow

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Flexsor Carpi Radialis

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Wrist flexors

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Tensor Fasciae Latae

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Assists in abduction, flexion, and rotation of femur

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Sartorius

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Flexes and laterally rotates the leg

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Rectus Femoris

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Extends the knee

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Vastus Lateralis

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Extends the knee

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Vastus Medialis

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Extends the knee

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Gastrocnemius

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Plantar flexes the foot and assists in knee flexion

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Peroneus Longus

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Everts the foot

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Soleus

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Plantar flexes the foot

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