Answer the Anatomy of Skeletal System Flashcards

Anatomy

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Which muscle controls the position and tension of the vocal cords?
Laryngeal Muscle
Name the strap like muscle that originate on the sternum and clavicle and inserts on the mastoid tip of the temporal bone?
SternoCleidoMastoid Muscle
What muscle elevates the the hyoid and floor of the mouth and tongue during swallowing and speaking?
Suprahyoid Muscle
What muscle elevates the scapula?
Trapezius Muscle
Name the muscle that Inserts on the occipital bone and acts to extend the head?
Splenius Capitus Muscle
Muscle that elevates the upper two ribs and flex the neck?
Scalene muscles
Smallest salivary glands?
Sublingual
The thyroid gland is located at the level of what cartilage?
Cricoid cartilage
How many cartilages make up the Larynx?
9
Foreign objects commonly become lodged in the?
Valleculae
What is the largest vascular structure in the neck?
Internal jugular vein
Which muscle covers most of the anterior surface of the neck?
Platysma
Which cartilage is the epiglottis attached to?
Thyroid
Which muscle divides the neck into anterior and posterior triangles?
Sternocleidomastoid SCM muscle
Which bone functions as the attachment point for muscles involved in swallowing?
Hyoid