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Anatomical Names of Muscles and Their Functions

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Frontalis   Wrinkles forehead and elevates eyebrow  
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Corrugator supercilii   Draws eyebrow to midline  
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Orbicularis oculi   Closes eye  
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Orbicularis oris   Closes mouth  
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Buccinator   Compresses cheek  
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Zygomaticus   Elevates corner of mouth  
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Risorius   Draws corner of mouth laterally  
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Mentalis   Protrudes lower lip  
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Platysma   Depresses mandible and lower lip  
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Massetar   Elevates mandible  
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Temporalis   Elevates mandible  
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Sternocleidomastoid   Rotates head, flexes neck  
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Trapezius   Extends neck, moves scapula  
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Digastric   Opens mouth, elevates hyoid  
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Mylohyoid   Elevates hyoid and floor of mouth  
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Geniohyoid   Elevates hyoid and protracts tongue  
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Stylohyoid   Elevates retracts tongue  
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Sternohyoid   Depresses hyoid  
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Sternothyroid   Depresses thyroid cartilage  
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Thyrohyoid   Depresses hyoid bone, elevates larynx  
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External intercostals   Elevates ribs (inspiration)  
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Internal intercostals   Depresses ribs (expiration)  
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Rectus abdominis   Flexes vertebral column, compresses abdomen  
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External oblique   Compresses abdomen, lateral trunk rotation  
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Internal oblique   Compresses abdomen, lateral trunk rotation  
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Transversus abdominis   Compresses abdomen, lateral trunk rotation  
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Serratus anterior   Pull scapula forward and down  
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Levator scapulae   Elevates scapula  
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Rhomboideus major & minor   Adducts scapula  
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Pectoralis major   Flexes, adducts, and rotates arm medially  
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Pectoralis minor   Depresses and protracts scapula  
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Deltoid   Abducts arm  
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Latissimus dorsi   Extends, adducts, and rotates arm medially  
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Teres major   Extends, adducts, and rotates arm medially  
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Teres minor   Rotates arm laterally  
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Biceps brachii   Flexes forearm  
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Brachialis   Flexes forearm  
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Brachioradialis   Flexes forearm  
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Pronator teres   Pronates forearm  
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Supinator   Supinates forearm  
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Triceps brachii   Extends forearm  
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Flexor carpi radialis   Flexes and abducts hand  
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Flexor carpi ulnaris   Flexes and adducts hand  
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Palmaris longus   Flexes hand and digits  
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Extensor carpi radialis longus   Extends and abducts hand  
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Extensor carpi ulnaris   Extends and adducts hand  
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Extensor digitorum   Extends hand and digits  
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Gluteus maximus   Extends and rotates thigh laterally  
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Gluteus medius   Abducts and rotates thigh medially  
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Gluteus minimus   Abducts and rotates thigh medially  
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Tensor fasciae latae   Abducts and rotates thigh medially  
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Adductor longus   Flexes, adducts, and rotates thigh medially  
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Adductor brevis   Flexes, adducts, and rotates thigh  
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Adductor magnus   Flexes, adducts, and rotates thigh  
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Gracilis   Flexes leg, adducts thigh  
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Sartorius   Flexes leg and thigh, abducts and rotates thigh laterally  
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Biceps femoris   Flexes leg, extends and laterally rotates thigh  
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Semimembranosus   Flexes leg, extends and medially rotates thigh  
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Semitendinosus   Flexes leg, extends and medially rotates thigh  
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Rectus femoris   Extends leg and flexes high  
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Vastus medialis   Extends leg  
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Vastus lateralis   Extends leg  
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Vastus intermedius   Extends leg  
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Gastrocnemius   Plantar flexes foot, flexes leg  
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Soleus   Plantar flexes foot  
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Peroneus longus   Plantar flexes and everts foot  
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Peroneus brevis   Plantar flexes and everts foot  
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Peroneus tertius   Dorsiflexes and everts foot  
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Tibialis anterior   Dorsiflexes and inverts foot  
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Flexor digitorum longus   Flexes toes  
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Extensor digitorum longus   Extends toes  
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