MUSCLES OF THE HEAD AND NECK

1. Using choices from the list at the right, correctly identify the muscles provided with leader lines
on the diagram.

2. Using the terms provided above, identify the muscles described next

1. Zygomaticus – used to grin

2. Buccinator - muscle used during whistling
3. Orbicularis Oculi - used in blinking and squinting
4. Platysma - its contraction makes the “sad clown” face (pulls the corners of the mouth
downward)
5. Frontalis - raises your eyebrows for a questioning expression
6. Orbicularis Oris - your “kisser”
7. Masseter - allows you to “bite” that carrot stick
8. Occipitalis - tenses skin of the neck during shaving

3. MUSCLES OF THE TRUNK AND UPPER LIMB

1. Rectus Abdominis - a major spine flexor

2. Flexor Carpi Radialis - prime mover for pulling the arm posteriorly
3. Triceps Brahii - elbow extender
4. Internal Oblique, Transverse Abdominal, External Oblique, Rectus Abdominis - help form
the abdominal girdle (four pairs of muscles)
5. Extensor Carpi Radialis - extends and adducts wrist
6. Deltoid - allows you to raise your arm laterally
7. Pectoralis Major, External Intercostals - shoulder adductors (two muscles)
8. Biceps Brachii - flexes elbow; supinates the forearm
9. External Intercourses - small muscles between the ribs
10. Trapezius - extends the head
11. Erector Spinae - extends the spine
12. Extensor Carpi Ulnaris - extends and abduct the wrist
 4. MUSCLES OF THE LOWER LIMB

1. Fibularis Longus - lateral compartment muscle that plantar flexes and everts the ankle
2. Gluteus Maximus - forms the buttock
3. Gastrocnemius - a prime mover of ankle plantar flexion
4. Tibialis Anterior - a prime mover of ankle dorsiflexion
5. Adductor Group - allow you to grip a horse’s back with your thighs
6. Astus Muscles, Rectus Femoris - muscles that insert into the tibial tuberosity (two
choices)
7. Rectus Femoris, Vastus Muscles, Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus - muscles that extend
thigh and flex knee
8. Tibialus Anterior - prime mover of inversion of the foot
9. Tibialis Anterior - prime mover of dorsiflexion of the foot
10. Adductor Group - adduct the thigh, as when standing at attention
11. Extensor Digitorum Longus - extends the toes
12. Rectus Femorals - extends knee and flexes thigh
13. Gluteus Maximus - used to extend the hip when climbing stairs
14. Gastrocnemius Soleus - prime movers of plantar flexion (two muscles) of the foot

GENERAL REVIEW: MUSCLE DESCRIPTIONS

5. Complete the following statements (use your textbook, as necessary):

1. DELTOID, VASTUS LATERALIS, and GLUTEUS are commonly used for intramuscular
injections (three muscles).
2. The insertion tendon of the QUADRICEPS group contains a large sesamoid bone, the patella.
3. The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles insert in common into the CALCANEAL tendon.
4. The bulk of the tissue of a muscle tends to lie PROXIMAL to the part of the body it causes to
move.
5. The extrinsic muscles of the hand originate on the FOREARM
6. Most flexor muscles are located on the ANTERIOR aspect of the body; most extensors are
located POSTERIOR. An exception to this generalization is the extensor-flexor musculature
of the KNEE.
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