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Muscles
Origins and insertions/muscles of the head, neck, chest, and abdomen
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
09/26/2015

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Term
Serratus Anterior
Definition

1. Abducts Scapula 

2. Stabilizes Scapula by holding to chest wall

Term
Pectoralis Major
Definition

1. Adducts arm

2. Medially rotate the arm at the shoulder joint

 

Term
Pectoralis Minor
Definition

1. Draws scapula forward and downward

2. Elevates Ribs

Term
External Oblique
Definition

1. Compresses abdomen

2. Rotates vertebral column

Term
Internal Oblique
Definition

1. Rotates torso

2. Compresses abdomen

Term
Rectus Abdominis
Definition

1. Flexes torso  

2. Compresses abdomen

Term
Buccinator
Definition

1.Aids mastication

2. Tenses cheeks in blowing and whistling

3.Aids closure of mouth.

Term
Digastric (anterior)
Definition

1. Elevates hyoid bone

2. Aids swallowing

3. depresses mandible.

Term
Frontalis
Definition

1. Wrinkles forehead as it draws scalp back

2. Raises eyebrows

Term
Masseter
Definition
Elevates and prottrudes mandible to close mouth
Term
Omohyoid
Definition

1. Depresses hyoid bone

2. depresses larynx 

Term
Obicularis Oculi
Definition

1. Closes eyelids

2. Aids passage and drainage of tears.

Term
Obicularis Oris
Definition
Narrow orifice of mouth, purses lips and puckers lip edges.
Term
Platysma
Definition
Depresses and wrinkles skin of lower face and mouth. Aids forced depression of mandible.
Term
Sternocleidomastoid
Definition
Flexes and laterally rotates cervical spine. Protracts head when acting together. Extends neck when neck already partially extended.
Term
Sternohyoid
Definition
Depresses hyoid bone and hence larynx.
Term
Temporalis
Definition
Elevates mandible and posterior fibers retract.
Term
Zygomatic Major
Definition
Elevates and draws angle of mouth laterally.
Term
Superior Rectus
Definition
Elevates eye. Medially rotates eye in adduction.
Term
Inferior Rectus
Definition
Depresses eye. Laterally rotates eye in adduction.
Term
Lateral Rectus
Definition
Abducts eye.
Term
Medial Rectus
Definition
Adducts eye.
Term
Superior Oblique
Definition
Depresses eye in adduction. Medially rotates eye in abduction.
Term

Inferior Oblique

Extrinsic Eye Muscles

Definition

Elevates eye in adduction. Laterally rotates eye in abduction.

 

Term
Linea Alba (Latin for white line)
Definition
Runs from Xiphoid process to the Pubic Symphisis.
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