muscle matching 1

Cards (32)

  • orbicularis oculi
    Origin: Medial margin of orbit
    Insertion: Skin around eyelids
    Action: Closes eye
  • orbicularis oris
    Origin: Maxilla and mandible
    Insertion: Lips
    Action: Compresses, purses lips
  • platysma

    Origin: fascia of chest
    Insertion: lower mandible
    Action: draws mouth downward
  • occipitalis
    Origin: occipital bone
    Insertion: epicranial aponeurosis
    Action: retracts scalp
  • frontalis
    Origin: cranial aponeurosis
    Insertion: skin of eyebrows
    Action: raises eyebrows
  • masseter
    Origin: zygomatic arch
    Insertion: mandible
    Action: elevates mandible
  • temporalis
    Origin: temporal bone
    Insertion: mandible
    Action: closes jaw
  • medial pterygoid
    Origin: Pterygoid process of sphenoid bone
    Insertion: Medial ramus of mandible
    Action: Elevates mandible and moves it laterally
  • lateral pterygoid
    Origin: Sphenoid bone
    Insertion: Anterior surface of mandibular condyle
    Action: Depresses and protracts mandible and moves it from side to side
  • sternocleidomastoid

    Origin: clavicle and manubrium of sternum
    Insertion: mastoid process of temporal bone
    Action: rotates head, head flexion
  • splenius
    Origin: mid-dorsal line
    Insertion: lambdoidal ridge
    Action: turns and raises head
  • diaphragm

    Origin: xiphoid process
    Insertion: central tendon of diaphragm
    Action: Respiration, most important muscle in inspiration.
  • external intercostals

    Origin: border of rib
    Insertion: border of adjacent rib
    Action: protracts ribs
  • internal intercostals
    Origin: Superior border of each rib
    Insertion: Inferior border of the preceding rib
    Action: Depress ribs
  • external obliques
    Origin: Outer surface of ribs 5-12, interdigitating with Serratus anterior; linea alba
    Insertion: Iliac crest, inguinal ligament
    Action: Compresses abdomen, opposite rotator of thoracic vertebrae
  • internal obliques
    Origin: iliac crest, inguinal ligament and lumbar fascia
    Insertion: 10th to 12th ribs and rectus sheath
    Action: flexes and rotates vertebral column, compresses abdomen and depresses thorax
  • transverse abdominis
    Origin: inguinal ligament, iliac crest, cartilages of last five or six ribs, and lumbar fascia
    Insertion: linea alba and pubic crest
    Action: compresses abdominal contents
  • rectus abdominis

    Origin: pubic crest and symphysis
    Insertion: xiphoid process and costal cartilages of ribs 5-7
    Action: flexes and rotates vertebral column
  • serratus anterior
    Origin: ribs 1-8
    Insertion: vertebral border of scapula Action: protracts scapula
  • trapezius
    Origin: spinous processes of vertebrae C1-T12
    Insertion: external occipital protuberance, nuchal ligament, medial superior nuchal line, posterior border of the lateral third of the clavicle, acromion process, and spine of scapula
    Action: raises, rotates, and adducts the arm.
  • rhomboids
    Origin: spinous processes of vertebrae
    Insertion: medial border of scapula
    Action: adducts scapula
  • levator scapulae

    Origin: vertebrae
    Insertion: scapula
    Action: elevates scapula
  • pectoralis minor
    Origin: sternum
    Insertion: humerus
    Action: adducts forelimb
  • pectoralis major
    Origin: clavicular head: anterior border, sternocostal head: anterior surface of the sternum
    Insertion: Lateral lip of the bicipital groove of the humerus
    Actions: flexes, extends, adducts, and medially rotates the humerus. draws scapula anteriorly and inferiorly
  • teres major
    Origin: scapula
    Insertion: humerus
    Action: medial rotates arm, adducts arm, extends arm
  • teres minor
    Origin: lateral border of the scapula
    Insertion: inferior facet of greater tubercle of the humerus
    Actions: laterally rotates the arm, stabilizes humerus
  • latissimus dorsi
    Origin: lower spine and iliac crest
    Insertion: proximal humerus
    Action: extends and adducts humerus
  • supraspinatus
    Origin: supraspinous fossa of scapula
    Insertion: greater tubercle of humerus Action: Abduction at shoulder
  • infraspinatus
    Origin: infraspinous fossa of scapula
    Insertion: greater tubercle of humerus
    Action: lateral rotation at shoulder
  • deltoid
    Origin: clavicle and scapula
    Insertion: humerus
    Action: abducts arm
  • subscapularis

    Origin: Anterior surface of scapula
    Insertion: Lesser tubercle of humerus
    Action: Rotates arm medially
  • coracobrachialis
    Origin: Coracoid process
    Insertion: Medial margin of shaft of humerus
    Action: Adduction and flexion at shoulder