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Title: Quiz 2

Description: anatomy

Total Flash Cards: 18

Created: 03/14/2011 10:49:52

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Term
Biceps Brachil
 Definition
Flexion of elbow and superination of forearm
Term
Biceps femoris
 Definition
extend thigh, flex knee & laterally rotate leg
Term
Deltoid
 Definition
abduct arm or flexion, extension or rotation of humerus
Term
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
 Definition
extend and adduct hand at wrist
Term
Flexor carpi radialis
 Definition
flex and abduct hand at wrist
Term
Gastrocnemius
 Definition
plantarflex foot, may flex knee
Term
Gluteus Maximus
 Definition
laterally rotate, abduct & powerfully extend thigh
Term
Masseter
 Definition
elevate mandible (close jaw)
Term
Orbicularis Oculi
 Definition
close eye and pull eyebrow downward
Term
Pectineus
 Definition
adduct, flex and medially rotate thigh
Term
Rectus Abdominus
 Definition
flex vertebral column, depress ribs, compress abdomen causing increased abdominal pressure to exhaled
Term
Rhomboids
 Definition
retracts scapula (squares shoulders) and fixes (stabilizes) scapula
Term
Semitendionsus
Definition
extend thigh, flex knee & medially rotate leg
Term
Serratus Anterior
 Definition
pull scapula anterior/inferior or abduct arm
Term
Sternocleidomastoid
 Definition
flexion of neck or rotate head toward opposite shoulder
Term
Subscapularis
 Definition
stabilizes the shoulder joint & medially rotates the arm
Term
Trapezius
 Definition
extend head; adduct and scapula or elevate or depress scapula
Term
Triceps Brachil
 Definition
extends forearm