Muscle Chart Orgins PDF

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Muscle Chart Origins charts muscle, actions, origins and insertions simplified for anatomy and physiology. Biology and nursing....

Description

Muscle

Action

Origin

Insertion

Masseter

To elevate the mandible

Zygomatic arch and Maxilla

Angle and Ramus of the mandible

Temporalis

To elevate the mandible

Temporal Bone

Coronoid Process of the mandible

Manubrium and clavicle

Mastoid process

Xiphoid process and some costal cartilages Coracoid process of the scapula

Sternocleidomastoid

Rectus Abdominis

Flex the vertebral column

Pubis

Pectoralis Minor

Ribs 3-5

Deltoid

To draw the scapula anteriorly and downward Abducts the arm

Biceps Brachii

Clavicle and the acromion and spine of the scapula

Deltoid Tuberosity of the humerus

Flex the forearm

Coracoid process and edge of glenoid cavity

Radial Tuberosity

Triceps Brachii

Extend the forearm

Scapula and posterior shaft of the humerus

Olecranon Process

Flexor Carpi Radialis

Flex/ Abduts the hand

Medical Epicondyle of the humerus

Second and third metacarpals

Gluteus Medius

Abduts the thigh

Lateral surface of the ilium

Great Trochanter of the femur

Rectus Femoris

Extends the leg

Ilium

Patella

Biceps Femoris

Flexes the leg

Ischial Tuberosity and linea aspera

Head of the fibula and next to the lateral condyle of the tibia

Gastrocnemius

Plantar Flexion

Medial and lateral epicondyle of the femur

Calcaneus...