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digastric action

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opens mouth, depresses mandible, elevates hyoid bone, and steady it during swallowing and speech

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digastric origin

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lower margin of mandible and mastoid process of of temporal bone

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digastric insertion

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hyoid bone

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stylohyoid action

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elevates and retracts hyoid during swallowing

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stylohyoid origin

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styloid process of temporal bone

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stylohyoid insertion

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hyoid bone

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mylohyoid action

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elevates hyoid bone and floor of mouth

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mylohyoid origin

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medial surface of mandible

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mylohyoid insertion

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hyoid bone and median raphe

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geniohyoid action

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pulls hyoid bone superiorly and anteriorly

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geniohyoid origin

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inner surface of mandibular symphysis

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geniohyoid insertion

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hyoid bone

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sternohyoid action

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depresses larynx and hyoid bone if mandible is fixed

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sternohyoid origin

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manubrium and medial end of clavicle

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sternohyoid insertion

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lower margin of hyoid bone

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sternothyroid action

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pulls larynx and hyoid bone inferiorly

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sternothyroid origin

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posterior surface of manubrium of sternum

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sternothyroid insertion

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thyroid cartilage

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thyrohyoid action

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depresses hyoid bone and elevates larynx if hyoid is fixed

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thyrohyoid origin

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thyroid cartilage

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thyrohyoid insertion

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hyoid bone

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pharyngeal constrictor muscles action

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constricts pharynx during swallowing

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pharyngeal constrictor muscles origin

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attached anteriorly to mandible and medial pterygoid plate, and hyoid bone

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pharyngeal constrictor muscles insertion

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posterior median raphe of pharynx

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genioglossus action
protracts tongue
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genioglossus origin
internal surface of mandible near symphysis
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genioglossus insertion
inferior aspect of the tongue, and body of hyoid bone
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hyoglossus action
depresses tongue and draws it sides down
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hyoglossus origin
body and greater horn of hyoid bone
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hyoglossus insertion
inferolateral tongue
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styloglossus action
retracts and elevated tongue
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styloglossus origin
styloid process of temporal bone
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styloglossus insertion
inferolateral tongue
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long head of the triceps brachii action
forearm extension, stabilizes shoulder joint, and assists in arm adduction
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long head of the triceps brachii origin
infraglenoid tubercle of scapula
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long head of the triceps brachii insertion
common tendon into olecranon process of ulna
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lateral head of triceps brachii action
forearm extension
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lateral head of triceps brachii origin
posterior shaft of humerus
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lateral head of triceps brachii insertion
common tendon into olecranon process of ulna
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medial head of triceps brachii action
forearm extension
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medial head of triceps brachii origin
posterior humeral shaft distal to radial groove
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medial head of triceps brachii insertion
common tendon into olecranon process of ulna
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levator scapulae action
elevates and adducts scapula
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levator scapulae origin
transverse process of C1-C4
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levator scapulae insertion
medial boarder of scapula superior to the spine
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rhomboids action
adduction and elevation of scapula
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rhomboids origin
spinous process of C7-T1 vertebrae
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rhomboids insertion
medial boarder of scapulae
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splenius action
rotation of head to same side (extension of head and neck)
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splenius origin
nuchal ligament, spinous processes of C7, and T1-T6 vertebrae
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splenius insertion
mastoid process of temporal bone, superior nuchal line of occipital bone, transverse processes of C1-C3 vertebrae
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iliocostalis action
lateral flexion and extension of vertebral column, and depression of ribs
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iliocostalis origin
iliac crest and ribs
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iliocostalis insertion
ribs, transverse process of cervical vertebrae
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semispinalis capitis action
rotation of head to opposite side, and extension of head and neck
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semispinalis capitis origin
transverse processes of C7-T6 vertebrae
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semispinalis capitis insertion
occipital bone

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