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25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Trapezius
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Extends head
Raises or lowers shoulders (scapula) and shrugs them |
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Pectoralis Minor
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Pulls shoulder down and forward
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Pectoralis Major
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Flexes upper arm
Adducts upper arm anteriorly; draws it across chest |
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Latissimus Dorsi
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Extends upper arm
Adducts, and medially rotates upper arm |
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Deltoid
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Abducts upper arm
Assists in flexion and extension of upper arm |
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Supraspinatus
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Assists in abducting the arm
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Infraspinatus
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Extends and laterally rotates arm
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Teres Major
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Adducts, extends and medially rotates arm
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Teres Minor
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Adducts and laterally rotates arm
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Levator Scapula
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Elevates and retracts scapula
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Rhomboids
1-Major 2-Minor |
1-Retracts, rotates and fixes scapula
2-Retracts, rotates, fixes and slightly elevates scapula |
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Serratus Anterior
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Rotates and protracts scapula; elevates ribs
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Subscapularis
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Extends and medially rotates arm
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Erector Spinae
(Divides into 3 columns) Illiocostalis Longissimus Spinalis |
Extends vertebral column
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Illiocostalis
1-Cervicis 2-Thoracis 3-Lumborum |
1,2,3- Extends, abducts, and rotates vertebral column
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Longissimus
1-Capitis 2-Cervicis 3-Thoracis |
1-Extends Head
2-Extends neck 3-Extends vertebral column |
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Spinalis
1-Cervicis 2- Thoracis |
1-Extends neck
2- Extends vertebral column |
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Diaphragm
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Inspiration,
depress floor of thorax |
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Intercostals
External |
Inspiration;
elevates ribs |
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Intercostals
Internal |
Expiration;
depresses ribs |
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Rectus Abdominus
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Flexes vertebral column;
depresses thorax; compresses abdomen |
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External Abdominal Oblique
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Flexes and rotates vertebral column;
compresses abdomen, depresses thorax |
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Internal Abdominal Oblique
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Flexes and rotates vertebral column;
compresses abdomen, depresses thorax |
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Transversus Abdominus
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Compresses abdomen
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Quadratus Lumborum
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Abducts vertebral column and depresses twelfth rib
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