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Flashcards in Muscular System Deck (23)
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1
Q

What are the functions of the muscular system?

A
  • Movement
  • Posture
  • Muscular movement squeezes the blood and lymph vessels
  • Muscular activity produces heat in cellular tissues
2
Q

Muscle at the base of the back of the cranium

A

Occipitalis

3
Q

Muscle over the forehead

A

Frontalis

4
Q

Muscle at the side of the head stretching to the mandible

A

Temporalis

5
Q

Muscle between the brows, extending down to the nasal bone.

A

Procerus

6
Q

Muscle between the eyebrows

A

Corrugator

7
Q

Muscle surrounds the eye socket

A

Orbicularis oculi

8
Q

Muscle crosses the bridge of the nose

A

Nasalis

9
Q

Muscle surrounds the mouth

A

Orbicularis oris

10
Q

Muscle runs from the side of mouth

A

Risorius

11
Q

Muscle at the sides of the cheek

A

Buccinator

12
Q

Muscle along the zygomatic bone/cheek

A

Zygomatic major/minor

13
Q

Muscle over the centre of the chin

A

Mentalis

14
Q

One each side from the mouth over the mandible

A

Triangularis

15
Q

From the chin down the front and sides of the neck

A

Platysma

16
Q

One each side of the neck running from the back of the ear to the sternum

A

Sternocleidomastoid

17
Q

A large diamond shaped muscle which extends from the occipital bone to the vertebra in the thoracic region and across the top of the shoulders

A

Trapezius

18
Q

Lies over the shoulder (like a shoulder pad)

A

Deltoid

19
Q

Back of the neck between the cervical vertebra and the scapula

A

Levator scapula

20
Q

Front of the chest, lies under the breast tissue

A

Pectoralis major

21
Q

Smaller than the pectoralis major, it lies beneath it on the front of the chest

A

Pectoralis minor

22
Q

Anterior upper arm

A

Biceps

23
Q

Posterior upper arm

A

Triceps