Lab Final Exam Flashcards
(27 cards)
 Masseter
Function: elevates the mandible
Sternocleidomastoid
Function: flexes the neck and extends the head
Trapezius
Function: flexes head and neck, extend and hyperextend the head and neck
Latissimus dorsi
Function: adduct, medially rotate and extend the shoulder
Adductor Magnus
Function: Extension at the hip; No movement at the knee
Rectus abdominis
Function: Flexes vertebral column; compression
Pectoralis major
Function: shoulder flexion, shoulder adduction, medial rotation
Deltoid
Function: shoulder *abduction, *flexion, *extension
Tensor fasciae latae
Function: HIP abduction, HIP lateral rotation, HIP flexion, HIP Medial rotation
; no movement at the knee
Pectineus
Function: HIP adduction and flexion; no movement at the knee
Adductor longus
Function: Hip adduction and medial rotation; No movement at the knee
Tibialis anterior
Function: ankle dorsiflexion and inversion
psoas major (psoas major + iliacus = iliopsoas)
Function: Flexion at the hip; no movement at the knee
Gluteus maximus
Function: hip extension, adduction, lateral rotation; no movement at the knee
Gluteus medius
Function: hip abduction, flexion, medial rotation; no movement at the knee
Brachialis
Function: No movement at the shoulder; flexion
Triceps brachii
Origin: long-head glenoid fossa, lateral head posterior shaft of humerus, medial head distal posterior humerus.
Insertion: olecranon
Function: elbow extension, shoulder extension
Biceps brachii
Origin: long-haired superior glenoid fossa, short haired coracoid process
Insertion: radial tuberosity
Function: elbow flexion, shoulder flexion
Rectus femoris
Origin: anterior inferior iliac spine
Insertion: tibial tuberosity
Function: Flexion at the hip; extension at the knee.
Vastus lateralis
Origin: greater trochanter
Insertion: tibial tuberosity
Function: No movement at the hip; extension of the knee
Vastus medialis
Origin: linea aspera
Insertion: tibial tuberosity
Function: No movement at the hip; extension of the knee
Biceps femoris
Origin: ischial tuberosity and femur
Insertion: tibial and fibula
Function: flexes knee joint, laterally rotates knee joint, extends hip
Semitendinosus
Origin: ischial tuberosity
Insertion: proximal tibia
Function: hip extension, medial rotation, knee flexion
Semimembranosus
Origin: ischial tuberosity
Insertion: medial condyle of tibia
Function: extends hip, medial rotation, knee flexion