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28 Cards in this Set
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Sternocephalicus muscle |
Both sides fo body |
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Splenius Muscle
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Adds to fleshy part of the dogs neck |
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Rhomboideus muscle
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Thick muscle that has four sides and a very pointy front end. |
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Omotransversarius muscle
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Thick full muscle that begins in the neck. |
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Rhomboideus muscle
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Thick muscle that has four sides and a very pointy front end. |
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Brachiocephalicus muscle
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Has one insertion but hen splits into two thereafter. |
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Supraspinatus muscle
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Creates the form of the front shoulder |
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Infraspinatus muscle
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Contributes to the shoulders Form and shape. |
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Deltoid muscle
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This muscle is a superficial muscle that has two portions. The front portion which is |
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Biceps Brachii
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This is a slender muscle with only one head.
Origin - The bottom part of the muscle splits into two tendons. These tendons insert next to each other on the inside of the radius and the ulna just underneath the elbow joint. Insertion - On the bony piece on the front of the lower end of the scapula Action - Flexes elbow joint and extends shoulder joint |
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Triceps Brachii muscle
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This muscle is a big fleshy superficial muscle that has three heads, two long
heads and one lateral head. Origin - Long head – on the rear edge of the scapula from the lower part until two thirds up. Lateral Head – on the humerus’s curved ridge on upper and outer surface. Insetion - At the humerus on the top and side of the olecranon (elbows point) Action - Long Head – Flexes the shoulder joint and extends the elbow joint Lateral Head – only extends the elbow joint |
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Latissimus Dorsi muscle
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A superficial muscle. It is a large thin muscle that is |
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Pectoralis Descendens muscle
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Origin - On the sternums front end
Insertion - In the middle of the front of the humerus, it inserts on the short vertical line. Action - Advances forelimb and pulls the forelimb to the center of the body |
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Pectoralis Transversus Muscle
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Is a flat and rectangular shaped muscle. |
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Pectoralis Profundus
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Origin - On the majority of the sternum (not the front tip) and from the surface of the front part of the abdomen where the xiphoid process is. |
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Trapezius Muscle
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triangular shaped superficial muscle. It is divided into two smaller triangular shaped muscles by a by a thin tendinous area |
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Longissimus Dorsi Muscle
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it is the biggest and longest muscle in spine
Origin - On the inside of the deep surface of the ilium’s pelvic wing and its crest, also on the top bonny bits of the spinous process in the lumbar vertebrae. Insertion - On the upper ends of all the ribs, the sides of all the thoracic and all the lumbar vertebrae, and on the side of the sixth neck vertebrae. Action - Stretches and straightens back and loins, lateral flexion |
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Serratus Ventralis Muscle
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A deep layer muscle that is divided into two portions The Neck portion and the Chest portion.
Origin - Neck - On the sides of third or the fourth vertebrae down to the seventh vertebrae. Chest – On the sides of the lower parts of the first eight or nine ribs of the dog. Insertion - Deep surface of the top half of the scapula. Action - Pulls the top of the shoulder blade forwards, lifts and bends (neck) Pulls shoulder blade back and down and rotates the blade (chest) |
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Gluteus Medius Muscle
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Gives the dogs buttocks its form. |
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Superficialis Gluteus muscle
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Origin - It originates from the first tail vertebrae, the front half of the ligament that connects the sacrum to the ischiatic tuberosity and the fascia that covers the gluteus medius.
Insertion - About an eighth of the way down the outer surface of the femur. Action - Pulls the limb from body and flexes hip joint. |
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Gracilis Muscle
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It lies on the back part of the inner side of the thigh
Origin - The middle bottom of the pelvis Insertion - inserts into the tibias front edge and into the heel bone. Action - Pulls limb, extends hip, flexes knee joint, extends ankle joint. |
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Sartorius Muscle
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Starts on the front end of the pelvis and ends on the inside of the dog’s knee. This muscle has two long muscle bands that are next to each other. A front (Cranial) part and a rear (caudal) part. |
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Quadriceps muscles
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There are four muscles that make up this muscle. Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medius, Deep Vastus Intermedius and the Rectus Femoris. |
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Tensor Fascae Latae Muscle
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Is a triangular shaped muscle that divides into two on its surface
Origin -The tensor facae late muscle originates on the surface of the gluteus medius at the lower edge of the front of the pelvis. Insertion - Into the fascia that covers the thighs muscles. Therefore it also attaches indirectly into the patellar and the tibias front edge. Action - extends knee joint, flexes hip joint |
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A hamstring muscle Biceps femoris
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Big and wide muscle that consists of the superficial head and the deep head.
Origin - Superficial head - onto the ischiatic tuberosity on the outer corner, at the back part of the pelvis. And then the back third of the sacrotuberal ligament. Deep head - onto the ischiatic tuberosity on the outer corner, at the bottom and deep into the same origin as the superficial head. Insertion - Into the legs fascia and the patella, the upper part of the tibia, patellar ligament and the end of the heel bone (calcaneus) Action - Extends hip joint, extends and flexes knee joint and extends ankle joint |
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A hamstring Muscle. Semitendinosus Muscle
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forms a very small part of the thighs rear profile. |
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A hamstring Muscle. Semimembranosus Muscle
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fleshy thick muscle that has two heads.
Origin - On the back end of the pelvises bottom edge in a line. Insertion - Inserts On the inner back corner of the femur in a vertical line and ends In two places, just before the bottom of the bone, and in a small area on the inside of the top end of the tibia. Action - Pulls the limb towards the middle of the body, extends hip joint |
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Hind Adductor muscle
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There are three adductor muscles. Adductor longus, adductor magnus and the brevis muscle. These muscles are found in the deep layer of the muscles. |