Muscles and their actions

Muscle responsible for raising the eye brows

• Temporalis

• Frontalis

• Zygomaticus

• Masseter

Action is to extend forearm at the elbow.

• Pectoralis major
• Deltoid
• Biceps brachii
• Triceps brachii

This muscle originates at the cheekbone and draws the corners of the mouth up when you smile

• Orbicularis Oris
• Zygomaticus
• Buccinator
• Masseter

You use this muscle to "wink"

• orbicularis oculi
• orbicularis oris
• epicranial aponeurosis
• temporalis

Which muscle rotates and flexes your head?

• masseter
• temporalis
• platysma
• sternocleidomastoid

dorsiflexion and inversion of foot

• soleus

• gracilis

• gluteus maximus

• tibialis anterior

compresses abdomen, flexes & rotates vertebral column

• external oblique

• gastrocnemius

• adductor longus

• sartorius

compresses abdomen, flex & rotates vertebral column

• gracilis

• internal oblique

• gastrocnemius

• biceps femoris

plantar flexion of foot

• soleus

• semitendinosus

• tibialis anterior

• vastus medialis

flexes leg at knee, flexes thigh at hip, rotates lower limb medially

• gluteus medius

• gluteus maximus

• rectus abdominus

• sartorius