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muscular system-part two
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
07/02/2007

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buccinator
Definition
compresses cheek; pushes food between teeth; expels air or liquid from mouth; creates suction
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platysma
Definition
depresses mandible; opens and widens mouth; tenses skin of neck
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temporalis
Definition
elevates mandible for biting and chewing ; retracts mandible
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masseter
Definition
elevates mandible for bitin gand chewing; cuauses soe laterla excursion of mandible
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sternocleidomastoid
Definition
contraction of either one draws head down and toward teh side opposite the contracting muscle; contraction of both draws head forward and down, as in looing between the feet
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diaphragm
Definition
prime moveer of inspiration; compresses abdominal vicera to aid in such processes as defacation, urination , and childbirth
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external intercostals
Definition
when scalens fix rib 1, external intercostals draw ribs 2-12 upward and outward to expand thoracc cavity and inflate lungs
lateral to internal
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internal intercostals
Definition
when quadratus lumborum and other muscles fix rib 13, internal intercostals draw ribs downward and inward to compress thoracic cavity and force air from lungs; not need for relaxed expiration
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rectus abdominanis
Definition
supports abdominal visera; flexes waist as in sit-ups; depresses ribs; stabilizes pelvis during walking; increases intra-abdominal pressure to aid in urination, defacation and childbirth
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external abdominal oblique
Definition
flexes waiste as in sit ups; flexes and rotates vertebral column
is the most superficial of abdomen wall
goes downward
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internal abdominal oblique
Definition
similar to external oblique
flexes waist as in sit ups and flexes and rotates the vertebral column
runs upward and is deep to teh external abdolminal oblique
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transversus abdominis
Definition
compresses abdomen, increases intra-abdominal pressure and flexes the vertebral column
deep to obliques
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risorious
Definition
draws corner of mouth laterall as in grimacing
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pectoralis minor
Definition
protracts and depresses scapula when ribs are fixed; elevates ribs when scapula is fixed
Term
pectoralis major
Definition
prime mover of shoulder flexion
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pectoralis major
Definition
adducts and medially rotates humerous; depresses pectoral girdle; elevates ribs; aids in climbing, pushing and throwing
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latissimus dorsi
Definition
adducts and medially rotates humerous; extends shoulder joint; produces strong downward strokes of arm, as in hammering or swimming; pulls body upward as in climbing
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deltoid
Definition
leteral fibers abduct humerous; anterior fibers flexa nd medially rotate it; posterior fibers extend and laterally rotate it
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teres major
Definition
adducts and medailly rotates humerous; extends shouder joint
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teres minor is _____ to teres major
Definition
superior
Term
coracobrachiaslis
Definition
arm pit muscle adducts arm; flexes shoulder joint
Term
RC MUSCLE:
1infraspinatus

2supraspinatus

3subscapularis

4teres minor
Definition
infraspinatus: deep to pectoralis major
extends and laterally rotates humerous
supraspinatus:abducts humerous; resists downard displacment when carrying heavy weight
subcapularis:medially rotates humerous
Term
teres minor does what
Definition
adducts and medially rotates humerous
Term
list the muscles that adduct the humerous
Definition
pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi, teres major, coracobrachialis(arm), teres minor
Term
list the muscles that abduct the humerous
Definition
deltoid, supraspinatus
Term
list those that medially rotate humerous


those that laterally rotate it?
Definition
pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi, deltoid, teres major, subscapularis

teres minor, infraspinatus,
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