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muscle & action

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masseter   closes jaw, elevates mandible  
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temporalis   closes jaw, elevates & retracts mandible  
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orbicularis oculi   closes eye, blinkin, squinting  
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orbicularis oris   closes mouth, purses & protrudes lips  
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sternocleidomastoid   both sides together -> neck flexion acting independently -> rotates head toward opposite shoulder  
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trapezius   elevate, medially rotate, retract, depress scapula  
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deltoid   princliple abductor of the arm  
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latissimus dorsi   extend, adduct, medially rotate arm  
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suprasinatus   initiate abduction of arm  
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infraspinatus   laterally rotate arm  
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teres minor   laterally rotate arm  
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teres major   medially rotate, adduct, extend arm  
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subscapularis   medially rotate arm  
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rhomboideus minor   retract, elevate, laterally rotate scapula  
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rhomoideus major   retract elevate laterally rotate scapula  
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erector spinae   exten vertebral column  
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external oblique   flex & rotate vertebral column, increase abdominal pressure  
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internal oblique   flex & rotate vertebral column, increase abdominal pressure  
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rectus abdominus   flex & rotate vertebral column, increase abdominal pressure  
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transversus abdominus   increase abdominal pressure  
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pectoralis major   flex, adduct, medially rotate arm  
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pectoralis minor   depress, protract, laterally rotate scpula  
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serratus anterior   protract scapula (prevents winging)  
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coracobrachialis   flex shoulder  
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biceps brachii   flex elbow, supinate forearm  
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brachialis   flex elbow  
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brachioradialis   flex elbow  
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triceps brachii   extend elbow  
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anterior compartment of forearm   flex & pronate wrist & hand  
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posterior compartment of forearm   extend & supinate wrist & hand  
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gluteus maximus   extends, laterally rotates, adbucts thigh  
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sartorius   flex, abduct thigh, flex knee  
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gracilis   adduct thigh flex knee  
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biceps femoris   extend thigh flex knee  
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semimembranosus   extend thigh flex knee  
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semitendinosus   extend thigh flex knee  
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rectus femoris   extend knee, flex thigh  
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vastus lateralis, medialis, & intermedius   extend knee  
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gastrocnemius   platarflex foot  
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soleus   plantarflex foot  
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tibialis anterior   dorsiflex foot  
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