Stretching Individual Muscle Discussion
Copyright January 2004 Ted Nissen
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1 ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI (FOOT)
2 ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI (HAND)
13 BICEPS FEMORIS (Lateral
Hamstring)
17 BULBOCAVERNOSUS
(BULBOSPONGIOSUS)
19 COCCYGEUS (ISCHIOCOCCYGEUS)
22 CRICOARYTENOID LATERAL &
POSTERIOR
32 DIGASTRIC ANT & POST BELLY
(SUPRAHYOID)
36 EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS BREVIS
37 EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS LONGUS
48 EXTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE=ANT
DIV
49 EXTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE=LAT
DIV
52 EXTRINSIC AURICULAR MUSCLES
55 FLEXOR DIGITI MINIMI BREVIS
(FOOT)
56 FLEXOR DIGITI MINIMI BREVIS
(HAND)
60 FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS
67 GEMELIUS INFERIOR (1 of 6
Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
68 GEMELIUS SUPERIOR (1 of 6
Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
82 INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL LINGUALIS
84 INFERIOR PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR
86 INFRASPINATUS (Rotator Cuff
Muscle)
87 INTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE (Anterior
Division)
88 INTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE
(Lateral Division)
92 INTRINSIC AURICULAR MUSCLES
98 LEVATOR ANGULI ORIS(CANINUS)
99 LEVATOR ANI, ILIAC
PART(ILIOCOCCYGEUS)
100 LEVATOR ANI, PUBIC
PART(PUBOCOCCYGEUS)
102 LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS ALAEQUE
NASI
103 LEVATOR PALPEBRAE SUPERIORIS
120 MIDDLE PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR
125 NASALIS (COMPRESSOR & DILATOR
NARIS)
126 OBLIQUE ARYTENOID &
ARYEPIGLOTTICUS
129 OBTURATOR EXTERNUS (1 of 6
Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
130 OBTURATOR INTERNUS (1 of 6
Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
132 OMOHYOID SUPERIOR & INFERIOR
(INFRAHYOID)
137 PALATOGLOSSUS (Palatoglossal
arch; Anterior pillar)
138 PALATOPHARYNGEUS
(Palatopharyngeal arch; Posterior pillar)
143 PECTORALIS MAJOR CLAVICULAR
149 PIRIFORMIS (1 of 6 Deep
Lateral Rotators of Femur)
161 QUADRATUS FEMORIS (1 of 6 Deep
Lateral Rotators of the Femur)
164 RECTUS ABDOMINIS (4 Divisions as
1)
167 RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MAJOR
168 RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MINOR
169 RECTUS FEMORIS (Quadriceps
Femoris) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
180 SEMIMEMBRANOSUS (Medial
Hamstring)
184 SEMITENDINOSUS (Medial
Hamstring)
186 SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR
187 SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR
200 STERNOTHYROID (INFRAHYOID)
205 SUBSCAPULARIS (Rotator Cuff
Muscle)
206 SUPERFICIAL TRANSVERSE PERINEUS
(SUPERFICIALIS)
207 SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL LINGUALIS
209 SUPERIOR PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR
212 SUPRASPINATUS (Rotator Cuff
Muscle)
218 TERES MINOR (Rotator Cuff Muscle)
219 THYROARYTENOID VOCALIS &
THYROEPIGLOTTICUS
225 TRANSVERSE LINGUALIS (BODY OF
TONGUE)
226 TRANSVERSE PERINEUS (PROFUNDUS)
227 TRAPEZIUS LOWER (Lower Division)
232 VASTUS INTERMEDIUS (QUADRICEPS
FEMORIS) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
233 VASTUS LATERALIS (Quadriceps
Femoris) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
234 VASTUS MEDIALIS (Quadriceps
Femoris) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
235 VERTICAL LINGUALIS (BODY OF
TONGUE)
1 ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI (FOOT)
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2 ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI (HAND)
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3 ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS
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4 ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS
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5 ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS
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6 ADDUCTOR BREVIS
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7 ADDUCTOR HALLUCIS
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8 ADDUCTOR LONGUS
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9 ADDUCTOR MAGNUS
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10 ADDUCTOR POLLICIS
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11 ANCONEUS
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12 BICEPS BRACHII
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12.1 Illustration
12.1.1 Biceps Brachii Stretches
13
BICEPS FEMORIS (Lateral Hamstring)
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14 BRACHIALIS
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15 BRACHIORADIALIS
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16 BUCCINATOR
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17 BULBOCAVERNOSUS (BULBOSPONGIOSUS)
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18 CILIARY MUSCLE
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19 COCCYGEUS (ISCHIOCOCCYGEUS)
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20 CORACOBRACHIALIS
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21 CORRUGATOR SUPERCILII
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22 CRICOARYTENOID LATERAL & POSTERIOR
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23 CRICOPHARYNGEUS
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24 CRICOTHYROID
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25 DELTOID ANTERIOR
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26 DELTOID MIDDLE
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27 DELTOID POSTERIOR
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28 DEPRESSOR ANGULI ORIS
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29 DEPRESSOR LABII INFERIORIS
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30 DEPRESSOR SEPTI
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31 DIAPHRAGM
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32 DIGASTRIC ANT & POST BELLY (SUPRAHYOID)
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33 DILATOR PUPILLAE
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34 DORSAL INTEROSSEI (FOOT)
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35 DORSAL INTEROSSEI (HAND)
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36 EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS BREVIS
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37 EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS LONGUS
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38 EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS
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39 EXTENSOR DIGITI MINIMI
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40 EXTENSOR DIGITORUM
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41 EXTENSOR DIGITORUM BREVIS
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42 EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS
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43 EXTENSOR HALLUCIS BREVIS
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44 EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS
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45 EXTENSOR INDICIS
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46 EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS
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47 EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS
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48 EXTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE=ANT DIV
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49 EXTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE=LAT DIV
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50 EXTERNAL ANAL SPHINCTER
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51 EXTERNAL INTERCOSTALS
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52 EXTRINSIC AURICULAR MUSCLES
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53 FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS
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54 FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS
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55 FLEXOR DIGITI MINIMI BREVIS (FOOT)
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56 FLEXOR DIGITI MINIMI BREVIS (HAND)
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57 FLEXOR DIGITORUM BREVIS
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58 FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS
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59 FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS
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60 FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS
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61 FLEXOR HALLUCIS BREVIS
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62 FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS
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63 FLEXOR POLLICIS BREVIS
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64 FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS
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65 FRONTALIS (EPICRANIUS)
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66 GASTROCNEMIUS
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67 GEMELIUS INFERIOR (1 of 6 Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
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68 GEMELIUS SUPERIOR (1 of 6 Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
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69 GENIOGLOSSUS
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70 GENIOHYOID (SUPRAHYOID)
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71 GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
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72 GLUTEUS MEDIUS
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73 GLUTEUS MINIMUS ANT & POST
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74 GRACILIS
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75 HYOGLOSSUS
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76 ILIACUS
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77 ILIOCOSTALIS CERVICIS
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78 ILIOCOSTALIS LUMBORUM
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79 ILIOCOSTALIS THORACIS
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80 INCISIVUS LABII INFERIORIS
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81 INCISIVUS LABII SUPERIORIS
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82 INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL LINGUALIS
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83 INFERIOR OBLIQUE
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84 INFERIOR PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR
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85 INFERIOR RECTUS
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86 INFRASPINATUS (Rotator Cuff Muscle)
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87 INTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE (Anterior Division)
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88 INTERNAL ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE (Lateral Division)
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89 INTERNAL INTERCOSTALS
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90 INTERSPINALES
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91 INTERTRANSVERSARII
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92 INTRINSIC AURICULAR MUSCLES
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93 ISCHIOCAVERNOSUS
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94 LATERAL CRICOARYTENOID
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95 LATERAL PTERYGOID
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96 LATERAL RECTUS
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97 LATISSIMUS DORSI
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98 LEVATOR ANGULI ORIS(CANINUS)
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99 LEVATOR ANI, ILIAC PART(ILIOCOCCYGEUS)
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100 LEVATOR ANI, PUBIC PART(PUBOCOCCYGEUS)
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101 LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS
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102 LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS ALAEQUE NASI
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103 LEVATOR PALPEBRAE SUPERIORIS
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104 LEVATOR SCAPULAE
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105 LEVATOR VELI PALATINI
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106 LEVATORES COSTARUM BREVES
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107 LEVATORES COSTARUM LONGI
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108 LONGISSIMUS CAPITIS
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109 LONGISSIMUS CERVICIS
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110 LONGISSIMUS THORACIS
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111 LONGUS CAPITIS
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112 LONGUS CAPITIS ANTERIOR
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113 LONGUS COLLI
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114 LUMBRICALS (FOOT)
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115 LUMBRICALS (HAND)
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116 MASSETER
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117 MEDIAL PTERYGOID
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118 MEDIAL RECTUS
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119 MENTALIS
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120 MIDDLE PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR
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121 MULTIFIDUS
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122 MUSCULUS UVULAE
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123 MYLOHYOID (SUPRAHYOID)
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124 NASALIS, ALAR PORTION
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125 NASALIS (COMPRESSOR & DILATOR NARIS)
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126 OBLIQUE ARYTENOID & ARYEPIGLOTTICUS
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127 OBLIQUUS CAPITIS INFERIOR
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128 OBLIQUUS CAPITIS SUPERIOR
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129 OBTURATOR EXTERNUS (1 of 6 Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
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130 OBTURATOR INTERNUS (1 of 6 Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
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131 OCCIPITALIS (EPICRANIUS)
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132 OMOHYOID SUPERIOR & INFERIOR (INFRAHYOID)
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133 OPPONENS DIGITI MINIMI
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134 OPPONENS POLLICIS
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135 ORBICULARIS OCULI
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136 ORBICULARIS ORIS
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137 PALATOGLOSSUS (Palatoglossal arch; Anterior pillar)
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138 PALATOPHARYNGEUS (Palatopharyngeal arch; Posterior pillar)
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139 PALMAR INTEROSSEI (HAND)
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140 PALMARIS BREVIS
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141 PALMARIS LONGUS
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142 PECTINEUS
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143 PECTORALIS MAJOR CLAVICULAR
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144 PECTORALIS MAJOR STERNAL
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145 PECTORALIS MINOR
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146 PERONEUS BREVIS
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147 PERONEUS LONGUS
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148 PERONEUS TERTIUS
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149 PIRIFORMIS (1 of 6 Deep Lateral Rotators of Femur)
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150 PLANTAR INTEROSSEI (FOOT)
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151 PLANTARIS
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152 PLATYSMA
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153 POPLITEUS
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154 POSTERIOR CRICOARYTENOID
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155 PROCERUS
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156 PRONATOR QUADRATUS
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157 PRONATOR TERES
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158 PSOAS MAJOR
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159 PSOAS MINOR
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160 PYRAMIDALIS
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161 QUADRATUS FEMORIS (1 of 6 Deep Lateral Rotators of the Femur)
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162 QUADRATUS LUMBORUM
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163 QUADRATUS PLANTAE
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164 RECTUS ABDOMINIS (4 Divisions as 1)
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165 RECTUS CAPITIS ANTERIOR
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166 RECTUS CAPITIS LATERALIS
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167 RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MAJOR
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168 RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MINOR
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169 RECTUS FEMORIS (Quadriceps Femoris) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
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170 RHOMBOID MAJOR
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171 RHOMBOID MINOR
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172 RISORIUS
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173 ROTATORES BREVIS
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174 ROTATORES LONGUS
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175 SALPINGOPHARYNGEUS
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176 SARTORIUS
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177 SCALENUS ANTERIOR
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178 SCALENUS MEDIUS
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179 SCALENUS POSTERIOR
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180 SEMIMEMBRANOSUS (Medial Hamstring)
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181 SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS
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182 SEMISPINALIS CERVICIS
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183 SEMISPINALIS THORACIS
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184 SEMITENDINOSUS (Medial Hamstring)
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185 SERRATUS ANTERIOR
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186 SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR
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187 SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR
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188 SOLEUS
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189 SPHINCTER PUPILLAE
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190 SPINALIS CAPITIS
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191 SPINALIS CERVICIS
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192 SPINALIS THORACIS
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193 SPINCTER ANI EXTERNUS
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194 SPLENIUS CAPITIS
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195 SPLENIUS CERVICIS
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196 STAPEDIUS
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197 STERNALIS
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198 STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
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199 STERNOHYOID (INFRAHYOID)
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200 STERNOTHYROID (INFRAHYOID)
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201 STYLOGLOSSUS
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202 STYLOHYOID (SUPRAHYOID)
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203 STYLOPHARYNGEUS
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204 SUBCLAVIUS
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205 SUBSCAPULARIS (Rotator Cuff Muscle)
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206 SUPERFICIAL TRANSVERSE PERINEUS (SUPERFICIALIS)
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207 SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL LINGUALIS
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208 SUPERIOR OBLIQUE
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209 SUPERIOR PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR
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210 SUPERIOR RECTUS
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211 SUPINATOR
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212 SUPRASPINATUS (Rotator Cuff Muscle)
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213 TEMPORALIS
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214 TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE
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215 TENSOR TYMPANI
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216 TENSOR VELI PALATINI
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217 TERES MAJOR
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218 TERES MINOR (Rotator Cuff Muscle)
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219 THYROARYTENOID VOCALIS & THYROEPIGLOTTICUS
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220 THYTROHYOID (INFRAHYOID)
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221 TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
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222 TIBIALIS POSTERIOR
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223 TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS
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224 TRANSVERSE ARYTENOID
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225 TRANSVERSE LINGUALIS (BODY OF TONGUE)
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226 TRANSVERSE PERINEUS (PROFUNDUS)
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227 TRAPEZIUS LOWER (Lower Division)
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228 TRAPEZIUS MIDDLE
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229 TRAPEZIUS UPPER
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230 TRICEPS BRACHII
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231 URETHRAL SPHINCTER
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232 VASTUS INTERMEDIUS (QUADRICEPS FEMORIS) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
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233 VASTUS LATERALIS (Quadriceps Femoris) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
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234 VASTUS MEDIALIS (Quadriceps Femoris) (1 of 4 Quadriceps)
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235 VERTICAL LINGUALIS (BODY OF TONGUE)
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236 ZYGOMATICUS MAJOR
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237 ZYGOMATICUS MINOR
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