Identify the Muscles & The Action They Perform

Identifying muscles and what action they perform!

Face

Face

Name muscle and its function

Temporalis

Function: closes jaw

Name muscle and its function

Occipitofrontalis

Function: draws scalp back; raises eyebrows & wrinkles forehead

Name muscle and its function

Procerus

Function: draws down medial angle of eyebrow

Name muscle and its function

Corregator supercilli

Function: draws eyebrows in medially

Name muscle and its function

Orbicularis Oculi

Function: closes eyelid

Name muscle and its function

Nasalis

Function: opens nasal aperture

Name muscle and its function

Orbicularis Oris

Function: closes lips

Name muscle and its function

Buccinator

Function: compresses cheeks

Name muscle and its function

Levator labii

Function: elevates upper lip

Name muscle and its function

Masseter

Function: closes jaw

Name muscle and its function

Zygomaticus

Function: draws angle of mouth upward & backward

Name muscle and its function

Depressor anguli oris

Function: creates frowning motion

Name muscle and its function

Depressor labii inferioris

Function: pulls mouth down

Neck

Name muscle and its function

sternocleidomastoid

Function: rotate head in same plane

Name muscle and its function

Trapezius

Function: extends head backward

Name muscle and its function

Splenius capitis

Function: rotation of head

Thorax (Chest)

Name muscle and its function

Pectoralis Major

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

Serratus anterior

Function: pulls & rotates scapula foward

Abdomen

Name muscle and its function

Rectus abdominis

Function: flexes waist

Name muscle and its function

External Oblique

Function: compresses abdomen

Arm/Shoulder

Name muscle and its function

Brachialis

Function: flexes forearm

Name muscle and its function

Coracobrachialis

Function: flexes & abducts arm

Name muscle and its function

Biceps brachii

Function: flexes & supinates arm

Name muscle and its function

Deltoid

Function: abducts arm

Upper arm

Name muscle and its function

Triceps brachii

Function: extend forearm at elbow

Lower Arm

Name muscle and its function

Brachiordialis

Function: flexes forearm

Name muscle and its function

Flexor digitorum superficialis

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

Name muscle and its function

Flexor carpi radialis

Function: flexes hand at wrist

Name muscle and its function

Palmaris Longus

Function: flexes hand at wrist

Name muscle and its function

Flexor Carpi Ulnaris

Function: flexes hand; abducts hand

Name muscle and its function

Pronator teres

Function: pronates & flexes hand at wrist

Lower arm posterior

Extensor carpi radialis longus

Function: extends hand; radially abducts

Extensor carpi radialis brevis

Function: extends hand; radially abducts

Aconeus

Function: extends forearm

Extensor digitorum

Function: extends little finger

Extensor carpi ulnaris

Function: extends and abducts hand