The Muscular System: Muscle
Organization and the Axial and Appendicular Musculature

Textbook chapter: 11.

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Muscle names and their functions


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SKELETAL MUSCLE LIST (* be able to relate its function)

I. Muscles of Face
Facial Expression:


zygomaticus
orbicularis oculi
*orbicularis oris

Swallowing, and Mastication
*masseter and temporalis

digastric

II. Muscles of Head and Neck Movements:

sternocleidomastoid
splenius

III. Muscles of Trunk Movement:

*rectus abdominis
internal and external oblique
erector spinae group

IV. Muscles Moving the Pectoral Girdle:

pectoralis minor
serratus anterior
trapezius
levator scapulae
rhomboids

V. Muscles of Arm Movements:

*deltoid
latisimus dorsi
*pectoralis major

VI. Muscles of Forearm and Hand Movements:

*biceps brachii
*triceps brachii

VII. Muscles of Thigh and Leg Movements:

sartorius
gracilis
adductor magnus
adductor longus
*iliopsoas
tensor fasciae latae
*gluteus maximus
gluteus medius
rectus femoris
vastus lateralis
vastus medialis
biceps femoris
*semitendinosus /semimembranosus

VIII. Muscles of Foot Movement:

*gastrocnemius
tibialis anterior

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Professor Thomas M. Lancraft
Human Anatomy Courses
at St. Petersburg College
St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus

5/2006