Muscle Action Jeopardy

Muscle Action

100

Raises eyebrows

Frontalis 

200

The smile muscle

Zygomaticus major

300

Adduction, extension and medial rotation of arm

Latissimus Dorsi

400

Abducts the arm

Deltoideus 

500

Flexes the elbow and supinates the forearm

Biceps brachii

Muscle Origin

100

Origin: scapular spine and acromion, clavicle

Deltoideus 

200

Origin: ilium, anterior inferior iliac spine

Rectus Femoris

300

Origin: frontal bone and maxilla

Orbicularis Oculi

400

Origin: ribs 2-5

Pectoralis Major

500

Origin: temporal bone

Temporalis

Muscle Insertion

100

Insertion: proximal radius at radial tuberosity

Biceps brachii

200

Insertion: angles of the ribs, vertebrae, posterior skull

Erector Spinae

300

Insertion: proximal ulna

Brachialis 

400

Insertion: temporal bone; mastoid process

sternocleidomastoid

500

Insertion: proximal tibia below medial condyle

Sartorius 

Muscle Action 2

100

Semitendinosus

Flexes leg; bends knee

200

Plantar flexion and eversion of the foot

Fibularis Longus

300

brachioradialis

Flexes the elbow

400

Adduction of arm

Teres Major

500

Levator Scapule

Elevates the scapula, as in shrugging the shoulders

Random

100

Elevation and upward rotation of scapula; extends neck

Trapezius

200

Erector Spinae

A group of muscles that extend the vertebral column and allow for side-to-side rotation

300

• Origin: proximal, posterior tibia and fibula

• Insertion: posterior calcaneous

Soleus 

400

hamstring group muscles

give me one - semitendinosus, semimembranosus, biceps femoris

500

• Origin: spinous processes of C7 & T1

• Insertion: medial margin of scapula superior to spine
  
  

rhomboideus minor