Reviewing Your Knowledge
Exercise 14 Skeletal Muscles and Their Actions
A. Muscle Compartment Terms
1. antagonist
2. fixator
3. synergist
4. agonist
B. Criteria for Naming Muscles
1. Latissimus - relative size of muscle; dorsi – location
2. Rectus - orientation of muscle fibers relative to body midline; abdominis – location
3. Trapezius – shape
4. Biceps – number of origins; brachii – location
5. Levator – action; scapulae – location
6. Flexor – action; carpi – location (flexes wrist); radialis – indicates that moves to radial
surface (abducts)
7. Piriformis – shape of muscle
8. Gluteus – location; medius – relative size of muscle
9. Rhomboid – shape of muscle; major – relative size of muscle
10. Pectoralis – location; major – relative size of muscle
C. Anatomy Review
1. frontalis
2. orbicularis oris
3. omohyoid
4. sternohyoid
5. latissimus dorsi
6. serratus anterior
7. rectus abdominis
8. external oblique
9. extensor carpi radialis longus
10. tensor fascia latae
11. iliacus
12. psoas major
13. pectinus
14. adductor longus
15. sartorius
16. adductor magnus
17. gracilis
18. vastus lateralis
19. rectus femoris
20. vastus medialis
21. gastrocnemius
22. soleus
23. flexor digitorum longus
24. temporalis
25. orbicularis oculi
26. zygomaticus
27. platysma
28. stenocleidomastoid
29. levator scapulae
30. trapezius
31. deltoid
32. pectoralis major
33. brachialis
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34. biceps brachii
35. triceps brachii
36. extensor carpi radialis longus
37. brachioradialis
38. flexor digitorum superficialis
39. palmaris longus
40. tibialis anterior
41. fibularis longus
42. occipitalis
43. sternocleidomastoid
44. trapezius
45. deltoid
46. triceps brachii
47. extensor carpi radialis longus
48. extensor carpi ulnaris
49. flexor carpi ulnaris
50. gastrocnemius
51. soleus
52. calcaneal (Achilles) tendon
53. frontalis
54. temporalis
55. masseter
56. platysma
57. infraspinatus
58. teres minor
59. teres major
60. latissimus dorsi
61. external oblique
62. gluteus medius
63. flexor carpi ulnaris
64. palmeris longus
65. tensor fascia latae
66. gluteus maximus
67. vastus lateralis
68. gracilis
69. adductor magnus
70. semitendinosus
71. biceps femoris
72. semimembranosus
73. fibularis (peroneus) longus
74. Soleus
D. Muscle Function
Muscles of the Head and Neck
1. g. zygomaticus major
2. c. orbicularis oris
3. b. orbicularis oculi
4 -5 a. masseter, e. temporalis
6. d. sternocleidomastoid
7. f. trapezius
Muscles of the Anterior Trunk
8. d. pectoralis major
9. a. deltoid
10. f. serratus anterior
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11. e. rectus abdomens
12 – 13. b. external oblique, c. internal oblique
14. g. transverse abdominis
Muscles of the Posterior Trunk
15 – 16. c. latissimus dorsi; d. teres major
17. a. deltoid
18. e. trapezius
19. b. erector spinae
Muscles of the Arm and Forearm
20. j. triceps brachii
21. a. biceps brachii
22. b. brachialis
23. c. brachioradialis
24. g. flexor carpi radialis
25. h. flexor carpi ulnaris
26. i. palmaris longus
27. f. extensor digitorum
28. e. extensor carpi ulnaris
29. d. extensor carpi radialis
Muscles of the Thigh
30. f. rectus femoris
31 – 33. k. vastus intermedius, l. vastus lateralis, m. vastus medialis
34. g. sartorius
35. e. gracilis
36. a. adductor magnus, longus, brevis
37. d. gluteus medius
38. j. tensor fasciae latae
39. d. gluteus maximus
40 – 42. b. biceps femoris; h. semimembranosus; i. semitendinosus
Muscles of the Leg
43. b. fibularis (peroneus) longus
44. c. flexor digitorum longus
45. e. soleus
46. d. gastrocnemius
47. a. extensor digitorum longus
48. f. tibialis anterior
