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Blinking & Squinting
ORBICULARIS OCULI
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Close lips, kissing & whistling
ORBICULARIS ORIS
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Compresses cheek-sucking
BUCCINATOR
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Depress mandible/tenses skin of neck during shaving
PLATYSMA
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Closes jaw & Elevates mandible
MASSETER
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Closes jaw & Elevates/retracts Mandible
TEMPORALIS
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Rotate head toward opposite shoulder & neck flexion when both muscles contract
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
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Arm flexion & forced Inspiration
PECTORALIS MAJOR
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Scapula pulled forward and Inferiorly
PECTORALIS MINOR
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Arm extension, adduction and Medial rotation
LATISSIMUS DORSI
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Abduction and raising of arm Boxer’s muscle
SERRATUS ANTERIOR
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Inspiration, flattens on Contraction
DIAPHRAGM
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Elevates ribs-Aids in inspiration
EXTERNAL INTERCOSTALS
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Lowers ribs-Aids in forced expiration
INTERNAL INTERCOSTALS
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Extends head, Adducts Scapula (“stand at attention”)
TRAPEZIUS
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Flexes and rotates vertebral column
RECTUS ABDOMINIS
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Flexes and rotates vertebral column
EXTERNAL OBLIQUE
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Flexes and rotates vertebral
INTERNAL OBLIQUE
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Compresses abdominal content
TRANSVERSE ABDOMINUS
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Abduction of Humerus
DELTOID
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Flexes and Adducts Humerus
CORACOBRACHIALIS
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Flexes elbow joint, Antagonist of forearm extension
BICEPS BRACHII
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Flexes elbow joint
BRACHIALIS
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Flexes elbow joint
BRACHIORADIALIS
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Extends fingers and wrist, Abducts fingers
EXTENSOR DIGITORUM
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Extension at elbow joint & Antagonist of forearm flexion
TRICEPS BRACHII
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Supinate forearm
SUPINATOR
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Pronates forearm
PRONATOR TERES
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Flex wrist, Abducts hand
FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS
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Flex, abduct, & laterally rotate thigh. Helps with cross-legged position (Tailor’s muscle)
SARTORIUS
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Extends knee & Flexes thigh at the hip
RECTUS FEMORIS
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Extends knee
VASTUS LATERALIS
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Extends knee
VASTUS MEDIALIS
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Extends knee
VASTUS INTERMEDIUS
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Flex, Abducts, & medially Rotates thigh
TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE
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Extends thigh (climbing stairs)
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
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Abducts and medially rotates thigh (important
walking)
GLUTEUS MEDIUS
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Adduct thigh, flexion & medial, Rotation of leg in walking
GRACILIS
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Adduct thigh, flexion & medial Rotation of leg in walking
ADDUCTOR LONGUS
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Extends thigh & Flexes knee
BICEPS FEMORIS
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Extends thigh & Flexes knee
SEMITENDINOSUS
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Extends thigh & Flexes knee
SEMIMEMBRANOSUS
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Dorsifexion
TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
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Plantar flexion
GASTROCNEMIUS
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Dorsiflexion, Inversion
EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS
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