Muscles Flashcards
(258 cards)
ACTION: EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS
· Extend the first toe
· Dorsiflex the ankle
· Invert the foot
ACTION: PLANTARIS
· Weak plantar flexion of the ankle
· Weak flexion of the knee
ACTION: FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS
· Flex the first toe · Weak plantar flexion of the ankle · Invert the foot
ACTION: FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS
· Flex the second through fifth toes · Weak plantar flexion of the ankle · Invert the foot
ACTION: TIBIALIS POSTERIOR
· Invert the foot · Plantar flex the ankle
ACTION: FIBULARIS BREVIS
· Evert the foot · Assist to plantar flex the ankle
ACTION: EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS
· Extend the second through fifth toes · Dorsiflex the ankle · Evert the foot
ACTION: TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
· Invert the foot
· Dorsiflex the ankle
ACTION: FIBULARIS LONGUS
· Evert the foot · Assist to plantar flex the ankle
ACTION: POPLITEUS
· Medially rotate the flexed knee · Flex the knee
ACTION: SOLEUS
· Plantar flex the ankle
ACTION: GASTROCNEMIUS
· Flex the knee
· Plantar flex the ankle
ACTION: FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS
· Flex the second through fifth fingers (metacarpophalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints) · Assist to flex the wrist
ACTION: EXTENSOR DIGITORUM
· Extend the second through fifth fingers
(metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints)
· Assist to extend the wrist
ACTION: FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS
· Flex the second through fifth fingers (metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints) · Flex the wrist
ACTION: FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS
· Flex the wrist · Adduct the wrist · Assist to flex the elbow
ACTION: EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS
· Extend the wrist
· Adduct the wrist
ACTION:
EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS BREVIS
· Extend the wrist
· Abduct the wrist
· Assist to flex the elbow
ACTION: EXTENSOR INDICIS
· Extend the second finger · Adduct the second finger · May assist to extend the wrist
ACTION: PALMARIS LONGUS
· Tense the palmar fascia · Flex the wrist · May assist to flex the elbow
ACTION:
EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS LONGUS
· Extend the wrist
· Abduct the wrist
· Assist to flex the elbow
ACTION: FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS
· Flex the wrist · Abduct the wrist · May assist to flex the elbow
ACTION: DELTOID
All fibers:
· Abduct the shoulder
Anterior fibers:
· Flex the shoulder
· Medially rotate the shoulder
· Horizontally adduct the shoulder
Posterior fibers:
· Extend the shoulder
· Laterally rotate the shoulder
· Horizontally abduct the shoulder
ORIGIN: DELTOID
· Lateral 1/3 of clavicle
· Acromion
· Spine of scapula