Head and Shoulders
The face has this many pairs of muscles.
What is 30?
The Mnemonic device for for these muscles that spell out I Long for Spinach.
What are the Iliocostalis, Longissimus and Spinalis?
This "armpit" muscle flexes and horizontally adducts the shoulder.
What is the coracobrachialis?
These nodules attached to bone, mucous membrane, or skin.
What are tubercles?
These 4 muscles are complete synergists to the sternocleidomastoid.
What are the scalenes?
This group of four muscles together rock & tilt, rotate and laterally flex the head.
The muscles that are responsible for helping form and maintain the cavity produced by the ribs.
What are the intercostals?
The action this muscle does is flex, abduct, and my assist to flex the wrist.
What is the flexor carpi radialis?
Blood vessels and/or nerves will pass through these.
What is a foramen?
This muscle is a synergist with the masseter.
What is the temporalis?
Unilaterally these muscles laterally flex the head and neck to the same side, rotate the head and neck to the opposite side.
Bilaterally elevate the ribs during inhalation.
Only one of them flex the head and neck.
What are the anterior, middle and posterior scalenes?
The actions of the Quadratus Lumborum, unilaterally and bilaterally.
What is
Unilaterally- Lateral tilt (pelvis), flex and extend the vertebral column (same side)
Bilaterally- Fix the last rib during forced inhalation and exhalation
The extensor carpi ulnaris origin, action and insertion.
What are the
Origin- Common extensor tendon from the lateral epicondyle of humerus
Insertion- Based the fifth metacarpal
Action-Extend the wrist and adduct the wrist
This connects to the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, piriformis, obturator externus, and obturator internus.
What is the greater trochanter?
These are antagonists in medial rotation.
What are the Deltoid, Latsissimus Dorsi, Teres Minor, Subscapularis and pectoralis major?
Origin and Insertion of the Trapezius.
What is the occipital bone, the ligamentum nuchae, and the spinous processes of T01–T12?
What is the lateral third of the clavicle, acromion and scapular spine of the scapula?
Diastasis happens to this muscle.
What is the rectus abdominis?
Action, Origin and Insertion of the anconeus.
What are
Origin- Lateral epicondyle of the humerus
Insertion-Olecranon process and posterior, proximal surface of the ulna
Action-extension of the elbow
The elbow has 3, what are their names?
What are the lateral/medial epicondyle and olecranon process?
The sternocleidomastoid is an antagonist to these muscles.
What are the splenius capitis and cervicis?
This muscle assists to depress the mandible, thighten the fascia of the neck and draw down the corner of the mouth.
What is the platysma?
This muscle is a synergist with the upper trapezius.
What is the levator scapula?
The flexors and extensors, name them all
What are
Flexor- Digitorum Superficialis, Palmaris Longus, Digitorum Profundus, Carpi Ulnaris
Extensor- Indicis, Carpi Radialis Longus and Brevis, Digitorum
This allows the lateral rotation of the head.
What is the odontoid process (the dens)
These three muscles are complete synergists to flex the hip.
What are the iliacus, psoas major, and rectus femoris?