Muscle Insertion and Action

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Vocabulary flashcards covering the actions, origins, and insertions of various skeletal muscles.

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Latissimus Dorsi

Action: Extends, adducts, rotate arm; Insertion: groove of humerus.

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Splenius

Action: rises and extends head.

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Gastrocnemius

Action: Extends foot, flexes knee.

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Sartorius

Action: flexes leg at the knee.

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Rhomboids

Insertion: vertabral border of the scapula.

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Rectus Femoris

Action: Extends hindlimb.

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Ventral Forearm muscles

Action: Flexes manus; Origin: Medial epicondyle.