Face and Neck Muscles

Muscles in the face and Neck

10 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Frontalis
Raises eyebrows and wrinkles forehead
Orbicularis Oculi
Blinking, squinting, and draws eyebrows downwards
Zygomaticus
Raises corners of mouth "smiling muscle"
Buccinator
Makes lips round to whistle, compress cheeks and assists in chewing
Orbicularis Oris
Encircles mouth, closes lips, purses and protrudes "kissing muscle"
Platysma
Helps depress mandible, extends to lower lip (pout), draws down corners of mouth, and tenses skin of neck
Occipitalis
Pulls scalp backwards
Masseter
Prime mover of jaw clencher, elevates mandible, "chewing muscle" and clenches teeth
Sternocleidomastoid
Contract together -- flex head to chest and draws head to contracting side
Cranial Aponeurosis
Muscle connecting head from front to back and the skull