2 (C) Facial Muscles Flashcards
Muscle of facial expression that wrinkles forehead + elevates eyebrows is what?
Occipitofrontalis
Orbicularis Oculi is responsible for what
Closing Eyelids
Orbicularis Oris is responsible for what
Mouth sphincter
-> Close lips and pucker (duck face)
Buccinator does what?
Controls aperture of mouth
Platysma does what?
Tenses skin of inferior face + neck
Why is there pain during Mumps?
Parotid gland duct closes + compresses against facial nerve
Where does the parotid gland empty into?
upper 2nd molar
Whta vein is present in the parotid gland?
Retromandibular vein
Submandibular + Sublingual gland have PNS innervation from what nerve?
CN VII (Facial nerve)
All extraocular muscles are innervated by the Occulomotor nerve (CN III) except which 2?
LR6 (Lateral Rectus Muscle -> CN VI)
SO4 (Superior Oblique -> CN IV)
What is the role of the levator palpebrae superioris
Lifts eyelid
Inversion of the eye is performed by which muscle
Superior Oblique
Eversion of the eye is performed by which muscle
Inferior Oblique
What is diplopia
Double vission
Ptosis is what?
Dropping eye lids