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Muscle Actions

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Occipitofrontaliselevates eyebrows, wrinkles forehead (look of surprise)
Masseterelevation of mandible, protraction and lateral and medial excursion (chewing)
Orbicularis orisprotrudes the lips (kissing muscle)
Orbicularis oculicloses eye
Trapeziuselevates and retracts scapula
Sartoriusaids in knee and hip flexion, abducts and laterally rotates thigh
Vastus medialis and lateralisextends knee and flexion of leg at hip
Brachilaisflexion of arm at elbow
Brachioradialisflexion of arm at elbow (pronation)
Temporaliselevated and retracts mandible, lateral excursion (chewing)
Sternocleidomastoidrotates and flexes atlantooccipital joint. Laterally flexes head and neck to same side, if both contract flexes the neck
Rectus Abdominisflexes lumbar spine (sit ups) compresses abdomen (childbirth, urination and defecation) flexes trunk ipsilaterally
Iliopsoasflexion of hip (marching) external rotation of leg at the hip
Pectoralis majoradducts arm in frontal plane, flexes shoulder in sagittal plane, horizontally adducts arm in transverse plane, medially rotates arm
Latissimus dorsiadducts arm in frontal plane, extends arm at the shoulder in sagittal plane, horizontally abducts arm in transverse plane and medially rotates arm.
DeltoidFlexes and extends arm at the shoulder, abducts arm at the shoulder, medially and laterally rotates arm.
Biceps brachiiflexes arm at the elbow, weakly flexes glenohumeral joint, supinates hand and forearm
Triceps brachiiextends arm at the elbow joint, adducts and extends glenohumeral joint
Extensor digitorumextends digits 2-5 at MCP (metacarpophlangeal joint)
Flexor digitorum superficialisflexes digits at MCP and PIP (proximal interphalangeal joint) flexes wrist, weak flexion of elbow
Gluteus Maximusstabilizes trunk in hip extension, extension and external rotation of the hip, lower fibers assist in hip adduction
Rectus Femorisextension of knee and flexion of hip
Biceps femorisflexion of knee, extension of hip, external rotation of hip and knee
Gastrocnemiusplantar flexion of ankle, weak flexion of knee
Tibialis anteriordorsiflexion of ankle and inversion of foot
Supraspinatusstabilizes GHJ, weak abduction of GHJ
Infraspinatusstabilizes GHJ, external rotation, horizontal abduction and extension of GHJ
Teres Minorstabilizes GHJ, external rotation, horizontal abduction and extension of GHJ
Subscapularisstabilizes GHJ. internal rotation, adduction and extension of GHJ



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