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ORIGIN OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   CAUDAL LIGAMENTUM NUCHAE, SPINOUS PROCESSES OF C7-T2  
INSERTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   SUPERIOR BORDERS OF 2,3,4,5, RIBS  
ACTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   RAISES RIBS TO INCREASE THORACIC CAVITY DURING INSPIRATION  
INNERVATION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   INTERCOSTAL NERVES T1-4  
ORIGIN OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   SPINOUS PROCESS OF T11,12,AND L1-3  
INSERTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   INFERIOR BORDERS OF LAST 4 RIBS  
ACTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   DRAWS RIBS OUTWARD AND DOWNWARD CONTERACTING THE INWARD PULL OF THE DIAPHRAGM DURING EXPIRATION  
INNERVATION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   INTERCOSTAL NERVES T9-12  
THESE MUSCLES LIE DEEP TO LEVATOR SCAPULA AND UPPER TRAPEZIUS   SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR  
THESE MUSCLES LIE DEEP TO LATISIMUS DORSI   SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR  
TRIANGULAR SHAPED MUSCLE WHICH, WHEN PAIRED FORMS A TRAPEZIUM.   TRAPEZIUS  
MOST SUPERFICIAL MUSCLE OF THE BACK   TRAPEZIUS  
ORIGIN OF TRAPEZIUS   EXTERNAL OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE, LIGAMENTUM NUCHAE, C7-T12 SPINOUS PROCESSES  
INSERTION OF TRAPEZIUS   UPPER: LATERAL THIRD OF CLAVICLE, ACROMION MIDDLE: SPINE OF SCAPULA LOWER: ROOT OF SPINE OF SCAPULA  
ACTION OF TRAPEZIUS   UPPER: ELEVATION, UPWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA MIDDLE: RETRACTION OF SCAPULA LOWER: DEPRESSION, UPWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
INNERVATION OF TRAPEZIUS   ACCESSORY NERVE (CRANIAL NERVE XI)AND BRANCHES OF C3,4  
ORIGIN OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   THORACOLUMBAR APONEUROSIS, LOWER 6 THORACIS SPINOUS PROCESSES, SACRUM AND ILIAC CREST, LOWER 3 TO 4 RIBS, INFERIOR ANGLE OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   BICIPITAL (INTERTUBERCULAR) GROOVE OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   EXTENSION, MEDIAL ROTATION AND ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   THORACODORSAL NERVE  
WIDEST MUSCLE OF THE BACK   LATISSIMUS DORSI  
POWERFUL EXTENSOR OF FLEXED HUMERUS IN SWIMMING OR CHOPPING WITH AN AXE   LATISSIMUS DORSI  
PULL THE SHOULDER GIRDLE DOWN AND IS ACTIVE WHEN DOING A DESPRESSION TRANSFER OR WHEN USING CRUTCHES   LATISSIMUS DORSI  
ORIGIN OF TERES MAJOR   INFERIOR ANGLE OF SCAPULA (DORSAL SURFACE) AND LOWER THIRD OF AXILLARY BORDER OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF TERES MAJOR   MEDIAL LIP OF BICIPITAL GROOVE OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF TERES MAJOR   EXTENSION, MEDIAL ROTATION, AND ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF TERES MAJOR   LOWER SUBSCAPULAR NERVE  
INSERTS NEAR LATISSIMUS DORSI AND HAS SAME ACTIONS   TERES MAJOR  
PULLS DOWNWARD TO HELP STABILIZE THE HEAD OF THE HUMERUS DURING ABDUCTION   TERES MAJOR, INFRASPINATUS AND TERES MINOR  
ORIGIN OF TERES MINOR   UPPER 2/3 OF AXILLARY BORDER OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF TERES MINOR   GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF TERES MINOR   LATERAL ROTATION AND EXTENSION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF TERES MINOR   AXILLARY (CIRCUMFLEX) NERVE  
"T" OF THE "SIT" MUSCLES   TERES MINOR  
HELPS REINFORCE THE CAPSULE OF THE SHOULDER JOINT AND IS ONE OF THE "ROTATOR CUFF" MUSCLES   TERES MINOR  
ORIGIN OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   C1-4 TP'S  
INSERTION OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   VERTEBRAL BORDER OF SCAPULA FROM SUPERIOR ANGLE TO ROOT OF SPINE  
ACTION OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   ELEVATION, DOWNWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
INNERVATION OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   DORSAL SCAPULAR NERVE (C5) AND BRANCHES OF C3,4  
ORIGIN OF RHOMBOIDS:MINOR   C7 AND T1 SP'S  
ORIGIN OF RHOMBOIDS:MAJOR   T2-T5 SPS'S  
INSERTION OF RHOMBOIDS: MINOR   ROOT OF SPINE OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF RHOMBOIDS:MAJOR   VERTERBRAL BORDER OF SCAPULA FROM ROOT OF SPINE TO INFERIOR ANGLE  
ACTION OF RHOMBOIDS   RETRACTION AND DOWNWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
INNERVATION OF RHOMBOIDS   DORSAL SCAPULAR NERVE (C5)  
THESE MUSCLES WHEN PAIRED FORM A "CHRISTMAS TREE" SHAPE DUE TO THE OBLIQUE AND DOWNWARD DIRECTION OF THEIR FIBERS   RHOMBOIDS  
ORIGIN OF SUPRASPINATUS   SUPRASPINOUS FOSSA OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF SUPRASPINATUS   GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS (SUPERIOR FACET)  
ACTION OF SUPRASPINATUS   ABDUCTION OF HUMERUS, STABILIZATION OF HEAD OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF SUPRASPINATUS   SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE (C5,6)  
"SIT" MUSCLES   SUPRASPINATUS, INFRASPINATUS, TERES MINOR  
THE INSERTION SITE OF THE "SIT" MUSCLES   SUPERIOR, MIDDLE AND INFERIOR FACETS OF GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS  
PULLS THE HEAD OF THE HUMERUS INTO THE GLENOID FOSSA AND THUS ACTS AS AN EFFECTIVE STABILIZER FOR HUMERAL ABDUCTION   SUPRASPINATUS  
ORIGIN OF INFRASPINATUS   INFRASPINOUS FOSSA OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF INFRASPINATUS   GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS (MIDDLE FACET)  
ACTION OF INFRASPINATUS   LATERAL ROTATION, EXTENSION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF INFRASPINATUS   SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE  
"I" OF SIT MUSCLES   INFRASPINATUS  
ORIGIN OF SUBSCAPULARIS   SUBSCAPULAR FOSSA OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF SUBSCAPULARIS   LESSER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF SUBSCAPULARIS   MEDIAL ROTATION AND ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF SUBSCAPULARIS   UPPER AND LOWER SUBSCAPULAR NERVE  
MUSCLES OF ROTATOR CUFF   SUBSCAPULARIS, SUPRASPINATUS, INFRASPINATUS, TERES MINOR  
ROTATOR CUFF GUARDS THIS JOINT   GLENOHUMERAL JOINT  
ONLY ROTATOR CUFF TO INSERT ON LESSER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS   SUBSCAPULARIS  
ORIGIN OF PECTORALIS MAJOR   CLAVICULAR HEAD:MEDIAL HALF OF CLAVICLE, STERNAL HEAD:STERNUM, CARTILAGES OF UPPER 6 RIBS  
INSERTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR   LATERAL LIP OF BICIPITAL (INTERTUBERCULAR) GROOVE OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: CLAVICULAR HEAD   FLEXION OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: STERNAL HEAD   EXTENSION OF HUMERUS FROM A FLEXED POSITION  
ACTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR   ADDUCTION, HORIZONTAL ADDUCTION AND MEDIAL ROTATION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: CLAVICULAR HEAD   LATERAL PECTORAL NERVE  
INNERVATION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: STERNAL HEAD   MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVE  
THIS MUSCLE FORMS THE ANTERIOR WALL OF THE AXILLA   PECTORALIS MAJOR  
ORIGIN OF PECTORALIS MINOR   ANTERIOR SURFACE OF RIBS 3,4,5 NEAR COSTAL CARTILAGES  
INSERTION OF PECTORALIS MINOR   CORACOID PROCESS OF SCAPULA ON MEDIAL BORDER OF SUPERIOR SCAPULA  
ACTION OF PECTORALIS MINOR   PROTRACTION,DEPRESSION, DOWNWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
INNERVATION OF PECTORALIS MINOR   MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVE  
ORIGIN OF SUBCLAVIS   1ST RIB COSTOCARTILAGE JUNCTION  
INSERTION OF SUBCLAVIS   INFERIOR SHAFT OF CLAVICLE-MIDDLE 1/3  
ACTION OF SUBCLAVIS   STABILIZES CLAVICLE BY MOVING IT MEDIALLY  
INNERVATION OF SUBCLAVIS   NERVE TO SUBCLAVIS  
THIS MUSCLE PREVENTS EXTREME ELEVATION AND PROTRACTION OF THE CLAVICLE   SUBCLAVIS  
ORIGIN OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   OUTER SURFACE OF UPPER 8 RIBS (BY FINGER-LIKE SLIPS_  
INSERTION OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   VERTEBRAL BORDER OF SCAPULA-ANTERIOR SURFACE  
ACTION OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   PROTRACTION, UPWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA, STABILIZES SCAPULA AGAINST CHEST WALL  
INNERVATION OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   LONG THORACIC NERVE  
LOWER FIBERS OF THIS MUSCLE INTERDIGITATE WITH EXTERNAL OBLIQUE   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
STRONGEST PROTRACTOR OF SCAPULA   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
HOLDS THE SCAPULA AGAINST THE CHEST WALL TO PROVIDE A FIXED ORIGIN FOR MUSCLES ACTING ON THE HUMERUS   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
WEAKNESS OF THIS MUSCLE CAUSES "WINGED SCAPULA"   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
ORIGIN OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   CORACOID PROCESS OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   MIDDLE 1/3 OF MEDIAL SURFACE OF HUMERAL SHAFT  
ACTION OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   FLEXION, ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE (C5,6,7)  
ORIGIN OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   LATERAL THIRD OF CLAVICLE  
INSERTION OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   DELTOID TUBEROSITY OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   FLEXION, HORIZONTAL ADDUCTION, MEDIAL ROTATION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   AXILLARY NERVE (CIRCUMFLEX)  
ORIGIN OF MIDDLE DELTOID   LATERAL ACROMION  
INSERTION OF MIDDLE DELTOID   DELTOID TUBEROSITY OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF MIDDLE DELTOID   ABDUCTION OF HUMERUS TO 90 DEGREES  
INNERVATION OF MIDDLE DELTOID   AXILLARY NERVE  
ORIGIN OF POSTERIOR DELTOID   SPINE OF SCAPULA  
INSERTION OF POSTERIOR DELTOID   DELTOID TUBEROSITY OF HUMERUS  
ACTION OF POSTERIOR DELTOID   EXTENSION, HORIZONTAL ABDUCTION, LATERAL ROTATION OF HUMERUS  
MUSCLE THAT FORMS THE ROUNDED MUSCLE BULK OVER THE SHOULDER JOINT   DELTOIDS  
STRONG ABDUCTOR BUT CANNOT INITIATE THAT MOVEMENT DUE TO THE ANGLE OF PULL IS PARALLEL TO THE HUMERUS WHEN THE ARM IS BY THE SIDE-SEE SUPRASPINATUS   DELTOIDS  
ORIGIN OF TRICEPS BRACHII   LONG HEAD: INFRAGLENOID TUBERCLE OF SCAPULA LATERAL HEAD: POSTERIOR HUMERUS ABOVE SPIRAL GROOVE MEDIAL HEAD: POSTERIOR HUMERUS BELOW SPIRAL GROOVE  
INSERTION OF TRICEPS BRACHII   OLECRANON PROCESS OF ULNA  
ACTION OF TRICEPS BRACHII   EXTENSION OF ELBOW  
ACTION OF TRICEPS BRACHII LONG HEAD   EXTENSION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF TRICEPS BRACHII   RADIAL NERVE  
ONLY MUSCLE ON THE POSTERIOR ARM   TRICEPS BRACHII  
ORIGIN OF ANCONEUS   LATERAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS  
INSERTION OF ANCONEUS   OLECRANON PROCESS AND UPPER POSTERIOR SURFACE OF ULNA  
INNERVATION OF ANCONEUS   RADIAL NERVE  
ACTION OF ANCONEUS   ASSISTS EXTENSION OF ELBOW  
ORIGIN OF BRACHIALIS   LOWER HALF OF ANTERIOR SHAFT OF HUMERUS  
INSERTION OF BRACHIALIS   TUBEROSITY OF ULNA AND CORONOID PROCESS OF ULNA  
ACTION OF BRACHIALIS   FLEXION OF ELBOW  
INNERVATION OF BRACHIALIS   MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE (C5,6,7) AND SOMETIMES BRANCHES FROM RADIAL AND MEDIAN NERVES  
STRONGEST ELBOW FLEXOR   BRACHIALIS  
ORIGIN OF BICEPS BRACHII   SHORT HEAD: CORACOID PROCESS OF SCAPULA LONG HEAD: SUPRAGLENOID TUBERCLE OF SCAPULA  
INERSTION OF BICEPS BRACHII   TUBEROSITY OF RADIUS AND BICIPITAL APONEUROSIS  
ACTION OF BICEPS BRACHII   FLEXION OF ELBOW AND SUPINATION OF FOREARM  
ACTION OF BICEPS BRACHII SHORT HEAD   FLEXION OF HUMERUS  
INNERVATION OF BICEPS BRACHII   MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE (C5,6,7)  
CORACOID PROCESS IS THE ORIGINATION SITE FOR   BICEPS BRACHII SHORT HEAD AND THE CORACOBRACHIALIS MUSCLES  
CORACOID PROCESS IS THE INSERTION SITE FOR   PECTORALIS MINOR  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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