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Muscle Actions: Body Segment and Joint Flashcards

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Head: TMJ
Depression (Open mouth)

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  • Lateral pterygoid
  • suprahyoid
  • infrahyoid
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Head: TMJ
Elevation (close mouth)

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  • temporalis
  • masseter
  • medial pterygoid
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Head: TMJ
Protrusion

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  • masseter
  • medial/lateral pterygoid
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Head: TMJ
Retrustion

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  • temporalis
  • masseter
  • digastric
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Head: TMJ
Side to side

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  • medial/lateral pterygoid
  • masseter
  • temporalis
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Spine: Cervical Intervertebral Joints
Flexion

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  • SCM
  • Longus colli
  • Scalenus mm’s
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Spine: Cervical Intervertebral Joints
Flexion

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  • SCM
  • Longus colli
  • Scalenus mm’s
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Spine: Cervical Intervertebral Joints
Extension

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  • Splenius cervicis
  • semispinalis cervicis
  • longissimus cervicis
  • multifidus
  • trapezius
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Spine: Cervical Intervertebral Joints
Rotation/Lateral Bending

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  • SCM
  • Scalenus
  • splenius cervicis
  • longissimus cervicis
  • iliocostalis cervicis
  • levator scap
  • multifidus
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Spine: Thoracic and Lumbar Intervertebral Joints
Flexion

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  • Rectus abdominis
  • internal obliques
  • external obliques
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Spine: Thoracic and Lumbar Intervertebral Joints
Extension

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  • erector spinae
  • QL
  • multifidus
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Spine: Thoracic and Lumbar Intervertebral Joints
Rotation and Lateral Bending

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  • psoas major
  • QL
  • external/internal obliques
  • multifidus
  • longissimus thoracis
  • iliocostalis thoracis
  • rotatores
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Upper Extremity: Scapula
Elevation

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  • upper trpz
  • levator scap
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Upper Extremity: Scapula
Depression

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  • lats
  • pec major/minor
  • lower trpz
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Upper Extremity: Scapula
Protraction

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  • serratus ant.
  • pec minor
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Upper Extremity: Scapula
Retraction

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  • middle trpz
  • rhomboids
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Upper Extremity: Scapula
Upward rotation

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  • Upper/Lower trpz
  • serratus ant.
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Upper Extremity: Scapula
Downward rotation

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  • rhomboids
  • levator scap
  • pec minor
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint
Flexion

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  • Ant delts
  • coracobrachialis
  • pec major (clavicular head)
  • biceps brachii
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint
Extension

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  • Lats
  • post. delts
  • teres major (“little lat”)
  • triceps brachii (long head)
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint
ABduction

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  • middle delts
  • supraspinatus
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint
ADduction

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  • pec major
  • lats
  • teres major (little lat)
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint
Horizontal ABduction

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  • post. delts
  • infraspinatus
  • teres minor
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint
Horizontal ADduction

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  • anterior delts
  • pec major
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint **Lateral (External) rotation**
* teres minor * infraspinatus * posterior delts
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Upper Extremity: Shoulder Joint **Medial (Internal) rotation**
* subscapularis * teres major * pec major * lats * anterior delts
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Upper Extremity: Elbow Joint **Flexion**
* biceps brachii * brachialis * brachioradialis
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Upper Extremity: Elbow Joint **Extension**
* triceps brachii * anconeus
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Upper Extremity: RadioUlnar Joint **Supination**
* biceps brachii * supinator
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Upper Extremity: RadioUlnar Joint **Pronation**
* pronator teres * pronator quadratus
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Upper Extremity: Wrist Joint **Flexion**
* flexor carpi radialis * flexor carpi ulnaris * palmaris longus
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Upper Extremity: Wrist Joint **Extension**
* extensor carpi radialis longus/brevis * extensor carpi ulnaris
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Upper Extremity: Wrist Joint **Radial deviation (towards D1)**
* extensor carpi radialis longus/brevis * flexor carpi radialis * extensor pollicis longus/brevis
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Upper Extremity: Wrist Joint **Ulnar deviation (towards D5)**
* extensor carpi ulnaris * flexor carpi ulnaris
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Upper Extremity: Finger Joints **Flexion**
* flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis * flexor digiti minimi (D5) * interossei * lumbricals (lumbrical grip*)
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Upper Extremity: Finger Joints **Extension**
* extensor digitorum communis * extensor indicis (D2) * extensor digiti minimi (D5)
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Upper Extremity: Finger Joints **ABduction**
* Dorsal interossei (DABS) * abductor digiti minimi (D5)
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Upper Extremity: Finger Joints **ADduction**
* Palmar interossei (PADS)
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Upper Extremity: Thumb Joint **Flexion**
* flexor pollicis (D5) longus/brevis * opponens pollicis (D5)
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Upper Extremity: Thumb Joint **Extension**
* extensor pollicis longus/brevis * abductor pollicis longus
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Upper Extremity: Thumb Joint **ABduction**
* abductor pollicis longus/brevis
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Upper Extremity: Thumb Joint **ADduction**
* ADductor pollicis
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Upper Extremity: Thumb Joint **Opposition**
* opponens pollicis * flexor pollicis brevis * abductor pollicis brevis * opponens digiti minimi
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Lower Extremity: Hip Joint **Flexion**
* iliopsoas * sartorius * rectus femoris * pectineus
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Lower Extremity: Hip Joint **Extension**
* glute max/medius * semitendinosus * semimembranosus * biceps femoris
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Lower Extremity: Hip Joint **ABduction**
* glute med/min * piriformis * obturator internus * TFL
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Lower Extremity: Hip Joint **ADduction**
* adductor magnus * adductor longus * adductor brevis * gracilis
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Lower Extremity: Hip Joint **Medial (Internal) rotation**
* TFL * Glute med/min * pectineus * adductor longus * **piriformis when hip flexed >90degs**
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Lower Extremity: Hip Joint **Lateral (External) rotation**
* glute max * obturator externus * obturator internus * piriformis (**when hip not flexed >90degs)** * gemelli * sartorius
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Lower Extremity: Knee Joint **Flexion**
* biceps femoris * semitendinosus * semimembranosus * sartorius
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Lower Extremity: Knee Joint **Extension**
* rectus femoris * vastus lateralis * vastus intermedius * vastus medialis (VMO)
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Lower Extremity: Ankle Joint **Plantarflexion**
* Tibialis posterior * gastrocnemius * soleus * peroneus longus/brevis * plantaris * flexor hallucis (great toe)
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Lower Extremity: Ankle Joint **Dorsiflexion**
* Tibialis anterior * extensor hallucis longus * extensor digitorum longus * peroneus tertius
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Lower Extremity: Ankle Joint **Inversion**
* Tibialis posterior * Tibialis anterior * flexor digitorum longus
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Lower Extremity: Ankle Joint **Eversion**
* peroneus longus/brevis/tertius
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Lower Extremity: Toe Joints **Flexion**
* flexor digitorum longus/brevis * flexor hallucis (great toe) longus/brevis * flexor digiti minimi brevis * quadratus plantae * lumbricals of foot
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Lower Extremity: Toe Joints **Extension**
* extensor digitorum longus/brevis * extensor hallucis longus/brevis * lumbricals of foot
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Lower Extremity: Toe Joints **ABduction**
* abductor hallucis * abductor digiti minimi * Dorsal interossei (DABS)
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Lower Extremity: Toe Joints **ADduction**
* Adductor hallucis * Plantar interossei (PADS)

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