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Function, origin and insertion points

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muscle
function
origin
insertion
masseter   closes mouth and retracts mandible   maxilla and zygomatic arch   ramus of mandible  
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buccinator   presses cheeks against teeth, used for chewing, sucking, whistling and blowing   alveolar processes of maxilla and mandible   orbicularis oris  
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sternocleidomastoid   extend head, elevates sternum in forced inhalation, and rotates head   sternum and clavicle   mastoid process  
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pectoralis major   rotates, extends, and flexes arm   clavicle, sternum, costal cartilage of 2nd through 6th ribs   greater tubercle and intertubercular sulcus of humerus  
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external oblique   flexes and rotates vertebral column, compresses abdomen   inferior 8 ribs   iliac crest and linea alba  
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rectus abdominis   urination, childbirth, forced exhalation, and flexes vertebral column   pubic crest and symphysis   cartilage of 5th and 7th ribs, xiphoid process  
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deltoid   (blank)   clavicle, acromion, spine of scapula   deltoid tuberosity  
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trapezius   elevates scapula, extends head, and stabilizes scapula   occipital bone, spines of 7th cervical and athoracic vertebrae   clavicle and acromion  
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biceps brachii   flexes forearm, flexes arm   scapula, coracoid process of scapula   radial tuberosity, bicipital aponeurosis  
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rectus femorus   extends legs, flexes thigh   anterior iliac spine   patella  
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gracilis   adducts and rotates thigh, flexes leg   body and inferior ramus of pubis   medial surface of tibia  
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biceps femoris   flexes leg, extends thigh   ischial tuberosity, femur   head of fibula, lateral condyle of tibia  
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gastrocnemius   plantar flexes foot and flexes leg   lateral and medial condyles of femur, knee capsule   calcaneus  
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Pectoralis Major   Flex upper arm   (blank)   (blank)  
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