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Upper Body Muscles Actions and Nerve Flashcards

1
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Sternoclediomastoid

A

Action
Bilaterally: flex neck
Unilaterally: laterally flex and rotate head to side opposite contracting muscle

Nerve: Spinal Accessory

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Scalenes

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Action
Bilaterally: flex neck
Unilaterally: laterally flex and rotate head to side opposite contracting muscle

Nerve: C3-C5 nerve roots

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Pectoralis Major

A

Action
Adducts and IR shoulder
Clavicular Head: Shoulder Flexion (IR)
Horizontal Adduction

Nerve: lateral pectoral nerve

Sternocostal head: Shoulder adduction-oblique

nerve: medial and lateral pectoral nerve

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Rhomboids

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Action:
scapular retraction
Scapular elevation

nerve: dorsal scapular

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Serratus Anterior

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Action: Scapular protraction
scapular elevation

Nerve: Long thoracic

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Upper Traps

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Action: Cervical extension (B)
Scapular elevation (B)
Cervical lateral flexion
Cervical opposite rotation

Nerve: Spinal Accessory

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Middle Traps

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Action: Scapular retraction

Nerve: Spinal accessory

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Lower Traps

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Action: Scapular retraction
Scapular depression

Nerve : Spinal Accessory

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Deltoid

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Action:
Anterior: flexes and IR
Middle: Abduction
Posterior: Extends and ER

Nerve: Axillary

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Supraspinatus

A

Abduction
Stabilizie humeral head

nerve: suprascapular

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Infraspinatus

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Action: ER

Nerve: Suprascapular

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Teres Minor

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Action: ER

Nerve: Axillary

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Subscapularis

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Action: Adduction and IR

Nerve: Upper and Lower Subscapular

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Teres major

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Extension, adduction, IR

nerve: lower subscapular

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Lats Dorsi

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Extends, Adducts, IR

nerve: thoracodorsal

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Biceps Brachii

A 
Action: Shoulder Flexion
Elbow flexion (supination)

Nerve: musculocutaneous

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Coracobracialis

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Action: Shoulder flexion
Shoulder adduction

Nerve: Musculocutaneous

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Triceps

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Extends forearm, assist in shoulder and elbow extension

Nerve: radial

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Brachioradialis

A

Elbow Flexion (neutral)

Nerve: Radial

20
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Bracialis

A

Elbow flexion (pronation)

Nerve: Musculocutaneous

21
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Supinator

A

Forearm Supination

Nerve: Radial

22
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Pronator teres

A

Forearm pronation
Elbow Flexion

Nerve: Median

23
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Pronator Quadratus

A

Forearm pronation

Nerve: median

24
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Flexor Capri Ulnaris

A

Wrist flexion
wrist ulnar devation
weak elbow flexion

Nerve: ulnar

25
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Flexor Carpi Radialis

A

wrist flexion
wirst radial devation
weak elbow flexion

Nerve: median

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Palmaris Longus

A

Wrist flexion
Weak elbow flexion

Nerve: median

27
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Extensor Carpi Ulnaris

A

wrist extension
wirst ulnar devation

Nerve: radial

28
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extensor carpi radialis longus

A

wrist extension
wrist radial deviation
weak elbow flexion

nerve: radial

29
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extensor carpi radialis brevis

A

wrist extension
wrist radial deivation

nerve: radial

30
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Extensor Indicis

A

2nd MCP/IP extension

nerve: radial

31
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Extensor Digiti Minimi

A

5th MCP/IP extension

Nerve: radial

32
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Palmar Interossei

A

MCP addcution
MCP flexion
IP extension

Nerve: ulnar

33
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Dorsal Interossei

A

MCP abduction
MCP flexion
IP extension

Nerve: Ulnar

34
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Lumbaricals

A

MCP flexion
IP extension

Nerve: Ulnar/median

35
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Flexor Digitorum Superificalis

A

PIP flexion
MCP flexion
weak wrist flexion

nerve: median

36
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Flexor Digitorum Profundus

A

DIP flexion
MCP flexion
weak wrist flexion

Nerve: Ulnar/ Median

37
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Psoas Major

A

Hip flexion

nerve: femoral

38
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Psoas Minor

A

Trunk flexion

Nerve: Lumbar Plexus

39
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Iliacus

A

Hip flexion

Nerve: femoral

40
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TFL

A

Hip abduction
Hip IR
Hip flexion

Nerve: Superior Gluteal

41
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Glut Max

A

Hip Extension/ ER
(with knee flexed)

Nerve: Inferior Gluteal

42
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Glut Med

A

Hip abdution
Hip IR

nerve: Superior Gluteal

43
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Glut Min

A

Hip abduction
Hip IR
Hip flexion

nerve: Superior Gluteal

44
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Rectus Abdominis

A

Trunk flexion

Nerve: thorcodorsal

45
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Transverse Abdominis

A

Trunk Stabilization

Nerve: thoracodorsal

46
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External Oblique

A

Trunk Flexion
Trunk rotation (opposite)
Trunk lateral flexion (same)

47
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Internal Oblique

A

trunk flexion
trunk rotation (same)
trunk lateral flexion (same)

Kines 232 (14 decks)

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