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Triceps Brachii
Extends Elbow; Extends shoulder and adducts arm
Extensor Digitorum
Extends fingers and wrist
-on pronated hand attached to hand front
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
Extends and adducts wrist
-on pronated hand to the side
Pronator Teres
Pronates Forearm and hand
-on supinated side top meat (22)
Supinator
Supinates forearm and hand
-under
Illiacus
Flexes hip
-under kidney to side (356)
Psoas Major
Flexes hip
-directly under kidney (357)
Illiacus and Psoas Major
(Iliopsoas)
Tensor Fascia Lata
(big one on side above rectus femoris)
(ribbon #559)
Flexes hip; abducts and medially rotates thigh; stabilizes femur on tibia when standing
Sartorius
(#564)
Flexes the hip and knee; rotates thigh
Rectus Femoris
(#563)
Extends Knee and Flexes hip
-big one in middle
Vastus Lateralis
(#562)
Extends Knee
-to the side toward outer
Vastus Intermedius
Extends knee
-Under the rectus femoris
Vastus Medialis
Extends Knee
-On the side to the middle
Gracilis
(#27) ribbon in middle
Adducts thigh; flexes knee
Adductor Magnus
big meat to the left
Adducts thigh and flexes hip
Adductor Longus
-long to right side
(#566)
Adducts, laterally rotates thigh; flexes hip
Gluteus maximus
Extends hip; abducts and laterally rotates thigh
Glueteus Medius
(#12)
Abducts and medially rotates thigh; tilts pelvis
HAMSTRING (flexors of leg)
Biceps femoris, Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus
QUADRICEPS (Extensors of Leg)
Rectus Femoris, Vastus Lateralis, Vasuts Intermedius, Vastus Medialis
Biceps Femoris
(#561)
(on back of leg up top to the left-medial)
Flexes knee; laterally rotates leg; extends hip
Semitendinosus
Flexes knee; medially rotates leg; extends hip
Semimembranosus
(tucked under semitendinosus)
Flexes knee; medially rotates leg; tenses capsule of knee joint; extends hip
Author
mrflibbles
ID
178576
Card Set
Muscular System II
Description
Identify the Function of Muscles
Updated
2012-10-20T19:49:23Z
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