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31 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Adductor longus
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Muscle name that describes action
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Rectus femoris
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Muscle name that describes location
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Transverse abdominis
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Muscle name that describes direction of fibers
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Deltoid
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Muscle name that describes shape
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Gluteus maximus
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Muscle name that describes size
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Agonists
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The muscles that perform most of the action in producing the movement
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Synergists
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Muscles that help the prime mover by contracting at the same time to assist in the movement so that the movement is more effective
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Antagonists
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Muscles that relax when the prime mover and synergists are contracting
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Frontalis
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Raises eyebrows
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Orbicularis oculi
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Sphincter muscles of the eyelids, permits winking and blinking
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Levator palpebrae superioris
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Raises upper eyelid
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Depressor labii inferioris
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Depresses lower lip
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Temporalis
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Elevates and retracts mandible
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Masseter
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Elevates mandible
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Medial pterygoid
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Elevates mandible, moves mandible side to side
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Lateral pterygoid
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Protracts mandible, moves mandible side to side
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Superior rectus
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Rolls eyes upward
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Inferior rectus
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Rolls eyes downward
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Medial rectus
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Rolls eyes medially
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Lateral rectus
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Rolls eyes laterally
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Sternocleidomastoid
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Muscle passes obliquely along the side of neck; prominent when contracted
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Semispinalis capitis, cervicis, and thoracis
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Composite muscle located along the back from thoracic region to head
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Splenius capitis and cervicis
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Broad two-part muscle lies on the back of neck between base of skull and upper thorax
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Scalenus
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Muscles on the side of neck located deep to platysma and sternocleidomastoid
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Trapezius
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Stabilizes, elevates, rotates, and retracts the scapula, helps extend the head with the scapula fixed
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Rhomboideus
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Steadies, retracts, and rotates the scapula
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Levator scapulae
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Elevates, adducts, retracts, and steadies the scapula, flexes neck to the same side when the scapula is fixed
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Latissimus dorsi
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Extends, adducts, and rotates arm medially
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Deltoid
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Abducts arm, anterior part flexes and rotates arm medially
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Subscapularis
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Chief medial rotator of arm
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Supraspinatus
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Abducts arm; stabilizes shoulder joint
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