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Muscles
Identify The Muscles and Describe Their Actions
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
03/12/2014

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Sternocleidomastoid
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Trapezius
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Serratus Anterior
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Pectoralis Major
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Latissimus
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Deltoideus

 The deltoid is the prime mover of arm abduction along the frontal plane

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Gracilis
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Brachioradialis
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The flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) muscle is a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and adduct the hand.
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Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
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The flexor carpi radialis is a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and (radial) abduct the hand
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The extensor carpi ulnaris is a skeletal muscle located on the ulnar side of the forearm. It acts to extend and adduct at thecarpus/wrist.

Being an extensor muscle, extensor carpi ulnaris is on the posterior side of the forearm.

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Extensor carpi radialis longus is one of the five main muscles that control movements at the wrist. This muscle is quite long, starting on the lateral side of the humerus, and attaching to the base of the second metacarpal bone (metacarpal of the index finger).
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Rectus Abdominis
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Internal Oblique
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Erector Spinae

a muscle group of the back in humans, which extends the vertebral column (bending the spine such that the head moves posteriorly while the chest protrudes anteriorly)

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Iliopsosas
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Rectus Femoris
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Vastus Lateralis
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Vastus Medialis
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Vastus Intermedius
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Gluteus Maximus
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Gluteus Medius
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Tensor Fascia Latae
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Sartorius
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Biceps Femoris
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Gastrocnemius
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Biceps Brachii
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Triceps Brachii
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Tibialis Anterior
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Zygomasticus
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