Infrahyoid Muscles
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Infrahyoid Muscles Anatomy

What are Infrahyoid Muscles? Infrahyoid muscles are also termed “strap muscles” which connect the hyoid, sternum, clavicle, & scapula. They are situated under the hyoid bone on the anterolateral surface of the thyroid gland & are involved in motions of the hyoid bone & thyroid cartilage during vocalization, swallowing, & mastication. They are composed of 4 paired muscles, organized into 2 layers as follows:…

Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy
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Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD):

What is Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy? Becker muscular dystrophy affects the muscles of the hips, pelvic site, thighs, shoulders, and heart.It is one of 9 types of muscular dystrophies, degenerative diseases primarily affecting voluntary muscles, and a group of genetics. BMD is similar to DMD but allows the voluntary functions of muscles better than in DMD.BMD…

Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

What is Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD)? Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD) is the most common hereditary neuromuscular disorder that affects all races and ethnically. While some affecting newborn babies may have some mild decreased muscle tone or “floppiness”(hypotonicity ), other symptoms are rarely present at birth or in early infancy. Early gross motor evolutionary milestones, including rolling over,…

Suprahyoid Muscles Anatomy
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Suprahyoid Muscles Anatomy

What are Suprahyoid Muscles? There are numerous muscles in the neck. One of the classifications of the muscles of the neck is significant to the hyoid bone. Those muscles which are above the hyoid bone are termed supra-hyoid muscles, & those below it are known as infra-hyoid muscles. This group of muscles takes part in the…

Adductor muscles
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Adductor Brevis Muscle Anatomy, Origin, Insertion, Function, Exercise

Introduction The Adductor Brevis is the flat, triangular muscle that is found in the inner thigh. This muscle runs from the pubis to the medial aspect of the femur. Together with the adductor Longus, adductor Magnus, gracilis & pectineus muscles, it comprises a group of muscles called the adductor muscles of the thigh. These inner…

groin strain
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Groin strain

What is the Groin strain? Groin Strain is an injury to the muscle-tendon unit that produces pain on palpation of the adductor tendons or its insertion on the pubic bone & pain in the adductor region on resistance testing of the adductors. Groin muscle strains are encountered more frequently in ice hockey & soccer. These…

teres minor muscle
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Teres Minor Muscle

What is Teres Minor Muscle? Teres minor is a posterior muscle of the shoulder that enlarges between the scapula & the head of the humeral bone. It is one of the 4 muscles of the rotator cuff, along with the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, & subscapularis. Rotator cuff muscles act combine to control the movements of the humerus head & work as stabilizing it within the glenoid cavity…