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40 Cards in this Set
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Frontalis |
raises eyebrows |
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Orbicularis oculi |
blinks and closes eyebrows |
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Orbicularis oris |
closes and protrudes lips |
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Temporalis |
closes jaw |
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Zygomaticus |
raises corner of mouth |
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Masseter |
closes jaw |
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Buccinator |
compresses cheek as in whistling and sucking; holds food between teeth during chewing |
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Sternocleidomastoid |
flexes neck; rotates head |
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Platysma |
pulls corners of mouth inferiorly |
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Pectoralis major |
adducts and flexes humerus |
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Rectus abdominis |
flexes vertebral column |
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External oblique |
flexes and rotates vertebral column |
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Biceps brachii |
flexes elbow and supinates forearm |
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Brachialis |
flexes elbow |
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Deltoid |
abducts arm |
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Iliopsoas |
flexes hip |
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Adductor muscles |
Adduct thigh |
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Sartotius |
flexes thigh on hip |
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Quadriceps group (vastus medialis, intermedius, and lateralis; and the rectus femoris) |
All extend knee; rectus femoris also flexes hip on thigh |
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Tibialis anterior |
dorsiflexes and inverts foot |
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Extensor digitorum longus |
extends toes and dorsiflexes foot |
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Fibularis muscles |
plantar flex and evert foot |
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Trapezius |
extends neck and adducts scapula |
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Latissumus dorsi |
extends and adducts humerus |
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Erector spinae |
extends back |
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Quadratus lumborum |
flexes spine laterally; extends spine |
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Deltoid |
abducts humerus |
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Triceps brachii |
extends elbow |
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Flexor carpi radialis |
flexes wrist and abducts hand |
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Flexor carpi ulnaris |
flexes wrist and adducts hand |
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Flixor digitorum superficialis |
flexes wrist and fingers |
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Extensor carpi radialis |
extends wrist and abducts hand |
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Extensor digitorum |
extends fingers and wrist |
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Gluteus maximus |
extends hip |
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Gluteus medius |
abducts thigh; steadies pelvis during walking |
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Hamstring muscles (semitendinosus, semimembranosus, biceps femoris) |
flex knee and extend hip |
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Gastrocnemius |
plantar flexes foot and flexes knee |
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Soleus |
plantar flexes foot |
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Prime Mover |
muscle whose contractions are primarily responsible for a particular movement; agonist |
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Antagonist |
muscles that act in opposition of a prime mover |
