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50 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Adductor
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To adduct the hindlimb and to extend the hip
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Anterior deep pectoral
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To adduct and retract the forelimb
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Biceps Brachii
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To flex elbow
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Biceps Femoris
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To extend and abduct the hindlimb
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Brachialis
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To flex elbow
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Brachiocephalicus
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Inclination or extension of the head and neck
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Coracobrachialis
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To adduct the forelimb and flex the shoulder
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Deltoideus
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To flex shoulder and abduct the limb
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Digital extensors (forelimb)
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to extend the digits and the wrist and to flex elbow (includes the common digital extensor, lateral digital extensor)
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Digital extensor (hindlimb)
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To flex the digits and to flex the ankkle (includes long digital extensor, lateral digital extensor, extensor hallucis longus exstensor digitalis brevis)
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Digital Flexors (forelimb)
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To flex the digits and wrist to extend the elbow (includes superficial digital flexor, deep digital flexor)
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Digital Flexors (hindlimb)
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To flex the digits and extend the ankle (includes the deep and superficial digital flexors)
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Extensor carpi obliquus
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To extend wrist
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Extensor carpi radialis
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To extend and fix the wrist and to flex elbow
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External oblique
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To compress the abdominal viscera, as in defecation and expiration, and to flex the trunk
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Flexor carpi radialis
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To flex the wrist and extend the elbow
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Flexor carpi ulnaris
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To flex the wrist and extend the elbow
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Gastrocnemius and soleus
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To extend the ankle or to flex the knee
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Gluteus medius
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To extend the hip and abduct the limb
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Gracilis
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To adduct the limb
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Iliacus
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To abduct the limb and roate it outward
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Infraspinatus
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To abduct the limb and rotate it outward
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Latissimus dorsi
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To draw the humerus upward and backward and to flex the shoulder
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Longissimus dorsi
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Extension of the back and nexk or lateral flexion of the back. The costal attachments may assist in expiration
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Masseter
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To bring the jaws together
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Pectineus
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To adduct the hindlimb and flex the hip
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Psoas major
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To flex the hip and rotate the thigh outward
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Peroneus longus
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To flex the ankle
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Peroneus tertius
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Mechanically to flex the ankle when the knee is flexed.
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Posterior deep pectoral
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To adduct and retract the limb
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Rectus abdomninis
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To compress the abdominal viscera, as in defecation and expiration, and to flex the trunk
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Rectus Femoris
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To extend the knee and flex the hip (central head of quadriceps femoris)
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Rhomboideus, cephalic part
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To draw scapula forward
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Rhomboideus, cervical, and thoracic parts
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To draw scapula upward and forward
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Sartorius
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To flex the hip and adduct the limb
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Semimembranosus
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To extend the hip and adduct the hindlimb
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Semitendionsus
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To extend the hip
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Serratus ventralis
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To suspend and raise thorax
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Splenius
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To elevate or incline the head and neck
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Sternocephalicus
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To flex or incline the head and neck
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Superficial pectoral
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To adduct the forelimb
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Supraspinatus
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To extend the shoulder
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Tensor Fasciae Latae
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To tense the fascia lata, flex the hip, and extend the knee
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Teres major
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To flex the shoulder and adduct the limb
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Tibialis anterior
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To flex the ankle
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Trapezius
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To elevate the shoulder
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Triceps
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To extend the elbow
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Ulnaris lateralis
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To flex the wrist and extend the elbow
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Vastus lateralis
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To extend the knee (lateral head of quadriceps femoris)
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Vastus medialis
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To extend the knee (medial head of the quadriceps femoris)
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