Muscle Names · Muscular System · Easy
Frontalis
Meaning: The forehead muscle that raises the eyebrows and wrinkles the skin of the forehead.
In practice: Inability to wrinkle the forehead with frontalis suggests a lower motor neurone facial palsy.
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Which word means: A deep spinal muscle running the length of the vertebral column that stabilises each vertebra.
Answer: Multifidus
Which word means: A small muscle beneath the collarbone that steadies it during shoulder movements.
Answer: Subclavius
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