Identify the Muscles & The Action They Perform

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Identifying muscles and what action they perform!

Biology

Anatomy

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Face
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Temporalis

Function: closes jaw
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Occipitofrontalis

Function: draws scalp back; raises eyebrows & wrinkles forehead
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Procerus

Function: draws down medial angle of eyebrow
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Corregator supercilli

Function: draws eyebrows in medially
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Orbicularis Oculi

Function: closes eyelid
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Nasalis

Function: opens nasal aperture
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Orbicularis Oris

Function: closes lips
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Buccinator

Function: compresses cheeks
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Levator labii

Function: elevates upper lip
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Masseter

Function: closes jaw
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Zygomaticus

Function: draws angle of mouth upward & backward
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Depressor anguli oris

Function: creates frowning motion
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Depressor labii inferioris

Function: pulls mouth down
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Neck
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sternocleidomastoid

Function: rotate head in same plane
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Trapezius

Function: extends head backward
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Splenius capitis

Function: rotation of head
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Thorax (Chest)
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Pectoralis Major

Function: abduction of arm; medial rotation of arm; flexion of arm
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Serratus anterior

Function: pulls & rotates scapula foward
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Abdomen
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Rectus abdominis

Function: flexes waist
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External Oblique

Function: compresses abdomen
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Arm/Shoulder
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Brachialis

Function: flexes forearm
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Coracobrachialis

Function: flexes & abducts arm
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Biceps brachii

Function: flexes & supinates arm
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Deltoid

Function: abducts arm
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Upper arm
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Triceps brachii

Function: extend forearm at elbow
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Lower Arm
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Brachiordialis

Function: flexes forearm
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Flexor digitorum superficialis

Function: flexes middle & proximal phalanges of four fingers & hand at the wrist
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Flexor carpi radialis

Function: flexes hand at wrist
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Palmaris Longus

Function: flexes hand at wrist
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Flexor Carpi Ulnaris

Function: flexes hand; abducts hand
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Pronator teres

Function: pronates & flexes hand at wrist
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Lower arm posterior
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Extensor carpi radialis longus

Function: extends hand; radially abducts
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Extensor carpi radialis brevis

Function: extends hand; radially abducts
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Aconeus

Function: extends forearm
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Extensor digitorum

Function: extends little finger
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Extensor carpi ulnaris

Function: extends and abducts hand