Lab 9 Functions

What is the function of the deltoid muscle?

• Abduct, flex, extend, rotate, and circumduct upper arm

• Flex elbow

• Extend wrist

• Flex and abduct wrist

What is the function of the biceps brachii?

• Flex elbow

• Flex wrist

• Abduct wrist

• Adduct elbow

What is the function of the brachialis?

• Flexes elbow

• Extends knee

• Assists with flexion of hip and knee

• Flexes fingers as when making a fist and also flexes the wrist

What is the function of the triceps brachii?

• Extends elbow

• Flexes wrist

• Extends fingers and wrist

• Knee extension

What is the function of the brachioradialis?

• Flexes elbow

• Assists with flexion of hip and knee

• Extends and abducts hip (leg)

• Flexes knee and extends hip

What is the function of the flexor carpi ulnaris?

• Flexes and adducts wrist

• Flexes and abducts wrist

• Flexes and adducts fingers

• Flexes and abducts fingers

What is the function of the flexor carpi radialis?

• Flexes and abducts wrist

• Flexes elbow

• Extends knee

• Flexes and abducts hip (leg)

What is the function of the palmaris longus?

• Flexes wrist

• Holds tendons close to bones

• Plantar flexion and eversion

• Extends wrist

What is the function of the flexor digitorum superficialis?

• Flexes fingers as when making a fist and also flexes the wrist

• Flexes elbow

• Acts kind of like a "pulley" for tendons

• Plantar flexion and knee flexion

What is the function of the extensor digitorum?

• Extends fingers and wrist

• Extends elbow

• Extends knee

• Extends entire arm