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Massester
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Origin: zygomatic arch
Insertion: mandible
Action: Elevates mandidble (close mouth)
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Orbicularis oculi
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Origin: medial wall of orbit, frontal and maxillar bones
Insertion: circular path around orbit
Action: blinking, squinting, forceful closing of eyelids
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Orbicularis oris
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Origin: muscle fibers/fibrous tissue surrounding opening of the mouth
Insertion:skin at corner of mouth
Action:kissing, compresses lips against teeth, shapes lips in speech
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Temporalis
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Origin: Temporal bone
Insertion: coronoid process and ramus of the mandible
Action: elevates and retracts mandible
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Levator palpebrae superioris
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Origin: root of orbit, lesser wing of sphenoid bone
Insertion: skin of upper eyelid
Action: opens eyelid
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Digastric
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Origin: Temporal bone, mandible
Insertion: hyoid bone
Action: Depresses mandible, opens mouth
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Mylohyoid
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Origin: mandible
Insertion: hyoid bone
Action: elevates hyoid bone and floor of mouth
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Omohyoid
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Origin: superior border of scapula
Insertion: body of hyoid bone
Action: depresses hyoid bone
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Sternocleidomastoid
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Origin: clavicle and manubrium of sternum
Insertion: mastoid process of the temporal bone
Action: flexes head, rotates head laterally
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Sternohyoid
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Origin: clavicle and manubrium of sternum
Insertion: hyoid bone
Action: depresses hyoid bone
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Stylohyoid
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Origin: styloid process of temporal bone
Insertion: hyoid bone
Action: elevates hyoid bone
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Scalenes
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Origin: transverse process of C1-C7
Insertion: first and second ribs
Action: helps breath by elevation upper ribs, flexes head side to side
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Sternothyroid
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Origin: sternum
Insertion: thyroid cartilage of larynx
Action: depresses thyroid cartilage of larynx
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Thyrohyoid
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Origin: thyroid cartilage of larynx
Insertion: hyoid bone
Action: elevates thyroid cartilage, depresses hyoid bone
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Platysma
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Origin: pectoralis major and deltoid fascia
Insertion: mandible, muscles around mouth, skin on lower face
Action: depresses mandible, draws angle of mouth downward, tightens skin of the neck
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