MUSCLE IDENTIFICATION CHART-FACIAL MUSCLES
Items marked with a “*” not on test…just to help understand
MUSCLE IDENTIFICATION CHART- Anterior (see also muscle figure)
|NAME |LOCATION |ACTION |ADDITIONAL INFO |
|Frontalis |Forehead, above eyebrows |Raise eyebrows |*Often site of Botox |
| | | |injections(botox is toxin paralyzes|
| | | |muscle |
|Obicularis Oculi |Circular muscle Around the eyes |Wink, squint, blink | |
|Masseter |Jaw, from zygomatic bone(cheek) to |Main chewing muscle | |
| |lower part of mandible. | | |
|Obicularis Oris |Circular muscle around lips/mouth |Purse/pucker lips |“kissing muscle” |
|Sternocleido-mastoid |Each side of neck |Both working=flex neck, one=tilt |Attaches at Sternum, clavicle then |
| | |head to side |Mastoid process |
|Trapezius |“nape” of neck down to mid-back |Extend neck |Kite or diamond shaped |
| | | | |
|Deltoid |Shoulder |Abduct arm |Deltoid = Triangular shaped |
|Pectoralis Major |Main Chest muscle |Adducts arms medially | |
|Biceps Brachii |Front of upper arm |Flex elbow |“Biceps” = two heads |
|Brachioradialis |Forearm |Flex forearm (“talk to the hand”) | |
|Rectus Abdominus |Center of abdomen, Strap-like, |Crunches; flex vertebral column |“Rectus” = Straight |
| |straight | | |
|External Oblique |Each side of abdomen |Twist at abdomen, bend side to side| |
|Transverse oblique |Deep muscles of abdomen |Help compress ab contents; |*Muscle fibers run transversely |
| | |grunting, childbirth, bowel |(horizontally) |
| | |movement | |
| | | | |
|Rectus Femoris Vastus Lateralis |Front of Thigh (quadriceps) |Extend Knee |Quadriceps |
|Vastus Medialis | | | |
|Tibialis anterior |Mirrors tibia(shin bone) |Dorsiflex foot (up towards shin) | |
|Sartorius |Front of thigh |Helps cross legs |*“Taylor’s muscle” due to help |
| |Runs from outside of hip to inner | |crossing legs |
| |part of knee | | |
MUSCLE IDENTIFICATION CHART-Posterior
|NAME |LOCATION |ACTION |ADDITIONAL INFO |
|Triceps Brachii |Back of upper arm |Extends arm at elbow |Triceps = “3 heads” |
| | | |*Antagonist of biceps |
|Trapezius |“nape” of neck(lower back of |Extend head |Kite-shaped/diamond shaped |
| |neck)down to mid-back | | |
|Latissimus Dorsi |Each side of mid back |Adducts arm…as bringing arm down|“Swimmer’s” muscle |
| | |in axe stroke |*Gives V shape to back of swimmers |
|Gluteus Maximus |Buttocks |Flex hip, as in rising from seat|Maximus = “large” |
|Biceps Femoris Semitendinosus |Back of thigh |Flexes leg at knee |Hamstrings |
|Semimembranosus | | | |
|Gastrocnemius |Calf, back of lower leg |Plantar flex foot(tip-toes) |*Attached to heel by Achilles |
| | | |tendon |
|Soleus |Deep calf |Plantar flexes foot | |
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