Major Human Skeletal Muscles

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Across
  1. 3. "Six-pack muscle" that flexes vertebral column and compresses abdominal wall
  2. 7. Muscles of posterior forearm that extend wrist
  3. 11. Flat, fan-shaped muscle between ribs and scapula; moves scapula forward and around rib cage
  4. 17. Dorsiflexes foot, moving toes toward shin
  5. 18. Triangular-shaped shoulder muscle that abducts arm
  6. 19. Facial muscle that compresses and purses lips
  7. 21. Two-headed muscle of anterior arm involved in arm flexion
Down
  1. 1. Major calf muscle that flexes leg and plantar flexes foot (moves toes away from shin)
  2. 2. Three-headed muscle of posterior arm involved in arm extension
  3. 4. Neck muscle that flexes head; named for its three attachments
  4. 5. Closes the jaw; used for chewing
  5. 6. Raises eyebrows and wrinkles forehead; named for underlying skull bone
  6. 8. Group of muscles of anterior thigh that extends knee
  7. 9. Group of muscles of posterior thigh that flexes knee
  8. 10. Ring-shaped muscle that closes eyelid
  9. 12. Muscle of upper back that moves scapula and extends head
  10. 13. Large muscle of lower back; extends, adducts and medially rotates arm
  11. 14. Long, strap-shaped muscle that flexes and rotates thigh
  12. 15. Large chest muscle that flexes, adducts and rotates arm
  13. 16. Major muscle of buttocks; extends and rotates thigh
  14. 20. Adducts and flexes thigh (along with adductors)