SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF THE LOWER JAW, CHEST AND ABDOMEN MYLOHYOID ANTERIOR PECTORALIS MIDDLE PECTORALIS POSTERIOR PECTORALIS
A broad sheet of muscle across the lower jaw The most anterior chest muscle posterior to the mylohyoid The middle chest muscle posterior to the anterior pectoralis The most posterior chest muscle posterior to the preceding
Lower jaw
Median line
Raises the floor of the mouth
Coracoid and Epicoracoid
Humerus
Sternum and Xiphisternum
Humerus
Draws the arm towards the chest
Rectus abdominis
Humerus
Draws the arm towards the chest
DELTOID
Consists of an anterior and posterior region near the median line along the forward border of the pectoralis muscles and lies in front of the pectoralis
Median line
Humerus
Pulls the arm forward
BICEPS BRACHII
A slender muscle posterior to the deltoid
Episternum
Radio-ulna
Flexes the forearm
RECTUS ABDOMINIS
Muscle at the midventral portion of the abdomen which extends from the pubis to the sternum; divided at the middle by the linea alba; transversely divided into segments by means of connective tissue septa, the inscriptiones tendinae
Muscle found Tympanic ring and Lower jaw Opens the mouth behind the Dorsal fascia tympanum TEMPORALIS Round muscle on Side of the skull Near the posterior Closes the mouth the dorsal part just between eye and of the lower jaw above the tympanic ring depressor Mandibularis LATISSIMUS DORSI A fan shaped Dorsal fascia Humerus Swings the forearm muscle lying dorsal outward and to the suprascapula upward and scapula LONGISSIMUS DORSI Lies between the Sacral vertebra and Suprascapula and Raises the back suprascapula and illium dorsal fascia sacral vertebra MUSCLES OF THE THIGH AND SHANK ON THE DORSAL SIDE OF THE THIGH TRICEPS FEMORIS
A large muscle covering the entire anterior border of the thigh both dorsally and ventrally
Pelvic girdle
Tibio-fibula
Adducts the thigh and extends the shank
SEMIMEMBRANOSUS
A large muscle lying on the posterior margin of the dorsal surface of the thigh; characterized by the presence of oblique markings, running across it from the ischium
Ischium
Tibio-fibula
Adducts the thigh and flexes the shank
BICEPS FEMORIS
A long slender muscle between the triceps femoris and semimembranosus A slender muscle above the semimembranosus
A long slender muscle running obliquely from the ilium to the tibia A narrow muscle partly covered by the Sartorius at the distal end but partly exposed at the proximal end
Ilium
Tibio-fibula
Flexes the shank and adducts the thigh
Ilium
Femur
Pulls the thigh forward and ventrad
A stout muscle lying behind the Sartorius and partly covered by it. You may cut the sartorius across its belly, to have a full view of this muscle
Ischium and Pubis
Femur
Adducts the thigh and leg
GRACILIS MAJOR/RECTUS INTERNUS MAJOR GRACILIS MINOR/RECTUS INTERNUS MINOR
A large muscle lying Ischium Tibio-fibula at the posterior margin of the thigh A long slender Ischium Tibio-fibula muscle closely attached at the posterior side of the gracilis major ON THE DORSAL SIDE OF THE SHANK
Flexes the shank and adducts the thigh Flexes the shank and adducts the thigh
GASTROCNEMIUS
A large muscle at the back of the shank which tapers at its end A stout muscle with two bellies at the distal end; lies close to the anterior surface of the tibiofibula
Femur
Tendon of Achilles
Extends the foot and flexes the shank
Femur
Tibiale and fibulare
Extends the leg and flexes the foot
A slender muscle lying between the tibialis anticus and gastrocnemius and partly covered by the latter
Femur
Tibio-fibula and Fibulare
Draws the shank against the thigh, extends and twists the foot
ON THE VENTRAL SIDE OF THE SHANK TIBIALIS POSTICUS
EXTENSOR CRURIS
A long narrow muscle close to the posterior side of the tibia beneath the gastrocnemius slender muscle lying on the proximal side of the tibio-fibula and partly covered by the tibialis anticus
Femur
Astragsalus
Flexes and twists the ankle
Femur
Tibio-fibula
Extends the shank
*Gastrocnemius, Tibialis anticus and Peroneus are also seen on the dorsal side.
Taken from Laboratory Exercises in BIOLOGY 102 (2002) of the Department of Biological Sciences College of Science University of Santo Tomas
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