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muscles
Muscles of the pelvic floor, arms, legs, feet, and hands.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This muscular floor gives support to the pelvic oepning. | Perineum |
| These muscles (2) support the pelvic organs and assist in childbirth and defecation: | The levator ani and coccygeus |
| This muscle keeps the anus closed | The sphincter ani |
| extends lower arm | triceps brachii |
| flexes lower arm | brachialis |
| flexes lower arm and supinates arm | biceps brachii |
| flexes and pronates lower arm | pronator teres |
| laterally rotates thigh, extends and abducts thigh when flexed | internal obdurator |
| laterally rotates the thigh | external obdurator |
| laterally abducts, rotates, extends thigh | piriformis |
| flexes and extends leg in addition to laterally rotating thigh | quadratus femoris |
| abduct and rotate thigh | gluteus minimus and medius |
| extends and rotates thigh | gluteus maximus |
| draw back the thighs after abduction | adductors (longus, brevis, magnus) |
| flexes and adducts let and thigh | gracilis |
| flexes let and extends footcalf muscle | gastocnemius |
| flexes and adducts leg in cross-legged position | sartorius |
| muscles located in leg that move bones in foot | extrinsic foot muscles |
| muscles within foot that produce toe movement | intrinsic foot muscles |
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