Functional Muscle Groups Flashcards
What are the lateral flexors of the skull?
1) longus capitis
2) sternocleidomastoid
3) Splenius
4) levator scapulae
5) middle scalene
6) posterior scalene
7) anterior scalene
8) trapezius
Which muscles anteriorly flex the skull ?
1) Sternocleidomastoid
2) Rectus capitis anterior
3) Longus capitis
4) Longus colli
5) Middle Scalene
6) Anterior scalene
What are the elevators of the scapula ?
1) Levator Scapulae
2) Trapezius (upper )
3) Rhomboid major + minor
Which muscles depress the scapula ?
1) Pectoralis major + minor
2) Serratus Anterior
3) Trapezius (lower)
What muscles protract the scapula ?
1) Pectoralis minor
2) Serratus anterior
What are the retractors of the scapula ?
1) Rhomboids major + minor
2) Trapezius (middle)
Which muscles upwardly rotate the scapula ?
1) Trapezius (upper + lower)
2) Serratus anterior
What muscles downwardly rotate the scapula?
1) Rhomboids (major+minor)
2) Levator scapula
3) Pectoralis minor
What muscles medially rotate the humerus ?
1) Deltoid (anterior)
2) Pectoralis major
3) subscapularis
4) Teres major
5) Latissimus dorsi
What muscles laterally rotate the humerus ?
1) Infraspinatus
2) Deltoid (posterior)
3) Teres minor
Which muscles flex the humerus?
1) deltoid (anterior)
2) Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
3) coracobrachialis
4) biceps brachii
Which muscles extend the humerus ?
1) Pectoralis major (sternal head )
2) deltoid (posterior)
3) Triceps brachii (long head)
4) Teres major
5) Latissimus dorsi
What muscles abduct the humerus ?
1) supraspinatus
2) deltoid (middle + posterior)
3) Infraspinatus
What muscles adduct the humerus ?
1) Deltoid (anterior)
2) coracobrachialis
3) Pectoralis major
4) Teres major
5) Latissimus dorsi
What are the extenders of the neck?
Total 10 muscles
1) Trapezius
2) Semispinalis capitis
3) Splenius capitis
4) Splenius cervicis
5) Rectus capitis posterior minor
6) obliquus capitis superior
7) Rectus capitis posterior major
8) Semispinalis capitis
9) longissimus capitis
