Review - Muscular System Actions

Match the following muscles of the head & neck:

• Zygomaticus (major & minor)

• Closes eye; produces blinking, squinting, winking

• Orbicularis oculi

• Fixes epicranial aponeurosis and pulls scalp posteriorly

• Corrugator supercilii

• Raises lateral corners of mouth upward (smiling muscle)

• Frontalis (frontal belly)

• Draws eyebrows together and inferiorly

• Occipitalis (occipital belly)

• With aponeurosis fixed, raises the eyebrows

Match the following muscles of the head & neck:

• Orbicularis oris

• Closes lips (kissing muscle)

• Levator labii superioris

• Draws corner of lip laterally (closed-mouth smile)

• Risorius

• Draws lower lip inferiorly (as in a pout)

• Depressor anguli oris

• Opens lips (elvis muscle)

• Depressor labii inferioris

• Draws corners of mouth down and laterally (tragedy mask grimace)

Match the following muscles of the head & neck:

• Masseter

• Compresses cheek (as in whistling/

  suckling)

• Mentalis

• Wrinkles chin; “ugly cry”

• Sternocleido-mastoid

• Prime mover of jaw closure

• Buccinator

• Closes jaw

• Temporalis

• Flexes & laterally rotates the head

Match the following muscles of the vertebral column:

• Erector spinae

• Prime movers of back extension

• Iliocostalis

• Extend & laterally flex vertebral column; extends head and turns face towards same side

• Longissimus

• Extends vertebral column

• Spinalis

• Extend & laterally flex vertebral column

Match the following muscles of the anterior thorax:

• Diaphragm

• Draw ribs together and depress rib cage

• Internal intercostals

• Prime mover of inspiration

• External intercostals

• Pull ribs toward one another to elevate the rib cage

Match the following muscles of the abdominal wall:

• External obliques

• Flex and rotate lumbar region of vertebral column

• Internal obliques

• Flex vertebral column & compress ab wall; rotating trunk & flex laterally

• Transverse abdominis

• Compresses abdominal contents

• Rectus abdominis

• Flex vertebral column & compress ab wall; rotating trunk & flex laterally

Match the following muscles of the pectoral girdle & arm:

• Pectoralis minor

• Rotates scapula so its inferior angle moves laterally & upward; Prime Mover to protract & hold scapula against chest wall

• Trapezius

• Stabilizes, raises, retracts, & rotates scapula; shrugging; Prime Mover shoulder elevation (along with Levator Scapulae)

• Serratus anterior

• Draws scapula downward & forward

• Pectoralis major

• Prime mover of arm flexion; rotates arm medially; adduct arm

Match the following muscles of the pectoral girdle & arm:

• Deltoid

• Prime mover of arm extension; powerful arm adductor; medially rotates arm

• Teres major

• Prime mover of arm abduction - all fibers contract together

• Latissimus dorsi

• Extends, medially rotates, and adducts humerus

Match the following muscles of the pectoral girdle & arm:

• Teres minor

• Rotates humerus laterally (right below the spine of scapula)

• Supraspinatus

• Rotates humerus laterally (inferior to infraspinatus)

• Infraspinatus

• Group of muscles that provide the shoulder with stability

• Subscapularis

• Chief medial rotator of humerus

• Rotator cuff

• Initiates abduction

Match the following muscles of the elbow & hand:

• Brachialis

• Synergist in flexing forearm

• Triceps brachii

• Major flexor of forearm

• Brachioradialis

• Flexes elbow joint and supinates forearm

• Biceps brachii

• Prime mover elbow extension; powerful