Facial and Neck Muscles

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25 cards   |   Total Attempts: 189
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Question 1
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Buccinator
Alveolar Process of Maxilla and Mandible
Blends into fibers of Obicularis Oris
Compresses Cheeks
Question 2
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Digastric
Inside of Mandible at cheek
Hyoid bone
Opens mouth, elevates layrnx, depresses mandible
Question 3
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Frontalis
Galea Aponeurotica
Skin around eyebrows and nose
Raises eyebrows and wrinkles forehead
Question 4
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Genioglossus
Mandible around chin
Tongue and Hyoid bone
Depresses and Protracts tongue
Question 5
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Geniohyoid
Mandible of Chin
Hyoid bone
Opens mouth, elevates Larynx, retracts hyoid bone
Question 6
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Hyoglossus
Hyoid bone
Side of Tongue
Depresses and Retracts tongue
Question 7
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Depressor Labii Inferious
Mandible
Lower Mandible
Depresses lower lip
Question 8
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Levator Labii Superious
Inferior margin of orbit
Obicularis oris
Elevates upper lip
Question 9
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Masseter
Zygomatic Arch
Lateral surface and angle of mandibular ramus
Elevates mandible and closes jaw
Question 10
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Mentalis
Incisive fossa on anterior aspect of mandible
Skin of Chin
Elevates and wrinkles skin of chin and protrudes lower lip
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Mylohyoid
Mylohyoid line of mandible
connective tissue that runs to hyoid bone
Elevates floor of mouth, hyoid bone, depresses mandible
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Obicularious Oris
Maxilla and mandible
Lips
Compresses, purses lips
Question 13
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Occipitalis muscle
Superior Nuchal line
Epicranial aponeurosis
tenses and retracts scalp
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Omohyoid
Superior border of scapula
Hyoid bone
depresses hyoid bone and layrnx
Question 15
Give the Insertion, origin, and action
Obicularis Occuli
Orbit
Skin around eyelids
closes eye