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Ch 10 Muscle Action
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| O-epicranial aponeurosis: I- skin of eyebrows and root of nose. Raises the eyebrows | Frontal belly |
| Fixes Aponeurosis and pulls scalp posteriorly | Occipital belly |
| Draws eyebrows medially and inferiorly (angry eyebrows) | Corrugator supercilii |
| Closes eyes | Orbicularis oculi |
| Raises lateral corners of mouth (smile) | Zygomaticus |
| Draws corners of lips laterally | Risorius |
| Opens lips ; raises and furrows upper lip | Levator labii superioris |
| Draws lower lip inferiorly (as in a pout) | Depressor labii inferioris |
| Draws corners of mouth down and laterally (grimace) | Depressor anguli |
| Closes lips: purses and protrudes lips; kissing and whistling | Orbicularis oris |
| Wrinkles chin; protrudes lower lip (like a pout) | Mentalis |
| Compresses cheeks (sucking) holds food between teeth during chewing | Buccinator |
| Tenses skin of neck (as during shaving) | Platysma |
| Prime mover of jaw closure | Masseter |
| Closes jaw; elevates an retracts mandible | Temporalis |
| Acts with the lateral pterygoid muscle to protract (pull anteriorly) the mandible and promote side to side grinding | Medial pterygoid |
| Provides sliding and side to side grinding movements of the lower teeth | Lateral pterygoid |
| compresses the cheeks | buccinator |
| Protracts tongue | Genioglossus (geni = chin) (glossus =tongue) |
| Depresses tongue | Hyoglossus (hyo=pertaining to hyoid bone) |
| Retracts and elevates tongue | Styloglossus (stylo= pertaining to styloid) |
| Opens mouth and depress mandible | Digastric (di = two, gaster= belly) |
| elevates and retracts hyoid | Stylohyoid |
| Constricts pharynx during swallowing | Superior, middle, and inferior paryngeal constrictor muscles |
| Flexes and laterally rotates the head . O- manubrium of sternum and medial portion of clavicle. I- mastoid process of temporal bone and superior nucal line of occipital bone. | Sternocleidomastoid (sterno= breastbone; cleido= clavicle; mastoid =mastoid process) |
| Extend or hyperextend head | Splenius (splenion= bandage, caput = head; cervi= neck) |
| Extend and laterally flex the vertebral column | Iliocostalis (ilio= illium; cost= rib; thorac= thorax) |
| Thoracis and cervics act together to extend and laterally flex vertebral column; capitis extends head and turns the face towards same side | Longissimus (longissimus = longest) |
| Extends verebral column | Spinalis (spin= vertebral column, spine) |
| Pull ribs toward one another to elevate rib cage | External intercostals (external= outside, inter= between, cost= rib) |
| Draw ribs together and depress rib cage | Interal intercostals |
| Prime mover of inspiration | Diaphragm (dia= across, phragm= partition) |
| Flex and rotate lumbar region of vertebral column | Rectus abdominis (rectus= straight; abdom = abdomen) |
| Flex vertebral column and compress abdominal wall | External oblique (oblique= running at an angle) |
| As for external oblique | Internal oblique |
| Compresses abdominal contents | transversus abdominis (transverse = running straight across) |
| Supports and maintains postion of pelvic organs | Levator ani (levator= raises, ani= anus) |
| Supports pelvic organs; supports coccyx and pulls it forward | Coccygeus (coccy= coccyx) |
| supports pelvic organs; steadies central tendon | Deep transverse perineal muscle (perine= near anus) |
| Constricts urethra; allows voluntary inhibition of urination | External urethral sphincter (sphin= squeeze) |
| Retards venous drinage and maintains erection of penis or clitoris | Ishiocavernosus (ischi= hip; caverna= hollow chamber) |
| Empties male urethra; assists in erections | Bulbospongiosus (bulbon= bulb, spongio= sponge) |
| Stabilizes and strengthes central tendon of perineum | Superficial transverse perineal muscles (superficial= close to surface) |
| With ribs fixed, draws scapular forward and downward | Pectoralis minor (pectu= chest, minor= lesser) |
| Rotates scapula so its inferior angle moves laterally and upward | Serratus anterior (serratus= saw) |
| Stabilizes, elevates, retracts, and rotates scapula | Trapezius (trapezion= irregular four sided figure) |
| Elevates/adducts scapular | Levator scapulae (levator= raises) |
| Stabilize scapula | Rhomboids (rhomboid= diamond shaped) |
| Adducts and medially rotates arm. O- sternal end of clavicle, sternum, cartilage of ribs and aponeurosis of external oblique muscle. I- fibers converge to insert by a short tendon into intertubercular sulcus and greater tubercle of humerus. | Pectoralis major (pectus= breast, major= larger) |
| Prime mover of arm abduction when all its fibers contract simultaneously. O- embraces insertion of the trapeziu; lateral third of clavicle; acromion of spine and scapular. I- deltoid tuberosity of humerus | Deltoid (delta= triangular) |
| Prime mover of arm extension; powerful arm adductor medially rotates arm at shoulder. O- indirect attachment via lumbodorsal fascia into spines of lower six thoracic vertebrae, lower 3 to 4 ribs and iliac crest. I- floor of interuberular sulcus of humerus | Latissimus dorsi (latissimus= widest; dorsi = back) |
| Cheif medial rotator of arm | Subscapularis (sub under; scapular= scapula) |
| Intiates abduction of arm. O-supraspinous fossa of scapula. I- superior part of greater tubercle of humerus | Supraspinatus (supra= abov, spin= spine) |
| Rotates arm laterally . O- infraspinous fossa of scapula. I- greater tubuercle of humerus posterior to insertion of supraspinnatus. | Infraspinatus (infra= below) |
| Same actions as infraspinatus muscle. O-lateral border of dorsal scapular surface. I-greater tubercle of humerus inferior to infraspinatus insertion | Teres minor (teres= round; minor= lesser) |
| Extends medially rotates and adducts arm. O- posterior surface of scapula at inferior angle. I- crest of lesser tubercle on anterior humerus; insertion tendon fused with that of latissimus dorsi | Teres major |
| Flex and adducts arm | Coracobrachialis (coraco= coracoid; brachi= arm) |
| Powerful forearm extensor. O-long head infraglenoid tubercle of scapula; lateral head posterios shaft of humerous. I- by common tendon into olecranon of ulna | Triceps brachii (triceps = three heads, brachi= arm) |
| May control ulnar abduction during forearm pronation | Anconeus (ancon= elbow) |
| Flexes and supinates forearm. O- short head: coracoid process. Long head: supraglenoid tubercle and lip of glenoid cavity. I- by common tendon into radial tuberosity | Biceps brachii (biceps= two heads) |
| A major forearm flexor. O- front of distal humerus; embraces insertion of deltoid muscle. I-coronoid process of ulna and capsule of elbow joint. | Brachialis |
| Synergist in flexing forearm. O- lateral supracondylar ridge at distal end of humerus. I- base of radial styloid process | Brachioradialis (radi= radius) |
| Pronates forearm | Pronator teres (pronation= turning pal posteriorly or down; teres= round) |
| Powerful flexor and abductor of hand | Flexor carpi radialis |
| Tenses skin and fascia of pal during hand movements | Palmaris longus (palma= palm; longus= long) |
| Powerful flexor and adductor of hand | Flexor carpi ulnaris (ulnar= ulna) |
| Flexes wrist and middle phalanges of second to fifth fingers | Flexor digitorum superficialis (digit= finger, toe, superficial = close to surface) |
| Extends hand in conjuction with extensor capir ulanris and abducts hand in conjection with flexor capir radialis | Extensor carpi radalis longus (extend = increase angle between two bones) |
| Extend and abducts hand | Extenros capri radialis brevis (brevis= short) |
| Prime mover of finger extension | Extensor digitorum |
| Assists biceps brachii to forcibly supinate forearm | Supinator (supination= turning palm anteriorly or upward) |
| Abducts and extends thumb | Abductor pollicis longus (abducts= movement away from median plane) |