Axial muscles Flashcards
Axial Muscles
What is the action is the occipitofrontalis?
Scalp & eyebrows
Wrinkles skin of forehead
What muscles are a part of the epicranius muscle?
- frontal belly of occipitofrontalis
- occipital belly of occipitofrontalis
What is the action of the occipital belly of occipitofrontalus?
Retracts scalp
What is the O/I of the epicranius?
O/I: extends over cranium. Attaches to nuchal lines & soft tissue of eyebrows (epicranial aponeurosis)
What are the paired muscles raises upper lip to “snarl”?
Levator Labii Superioris
Where is the O/I of the Levator Labii Superioris?
O: lower margin of orbit above the infraorbital foramen
I: skin & muscles of upper lip
What muscle is located inside and raises upper eyelid?
EX) Surprise!
Levator Palpebrae Superioris
Where are the O/I of the Levator Palpebrae Superioris?
O: Lesser wing of sphenoid
I: Upper eyelid CT
What muscle surrounds the orbit and controls blinking/squinting?
Orbicularis Oculi
What muscle moves the mouth angles up to smile/laugh?
Zygomaticus Major
Where are the O/I of the Orbicularis Oculi?
O: Medial orbit
I: skin around eye
Where are the O/I of the Zygomaticus Major?
O: Zygomatic Bone
I: Orbicularis Oris muscle @ corners of mouth
What muscles surrounds the mouth and closes the lips when pouting/kissing?
Orbicularis Oris
Where are the O/I of the Orbicularis Oris?
O: Mandible & Maxilla
I: Soft Tissues at mouth corners
Which muscle “flares the nostrils”?
Nasalis
Which muscle wrinkles the nose?
Procerus
What are the cheek muscles?
Buccinator
What muscle makes the mouth frown by pulling corners laterally/medially
Depressor Anguli Oris
What muscle draws the lip muscles inferiorily?
Depressor Labii Inferioris
What muscle draws superiorly & laterally?
“smile”?
Levator Anguli Oris
What muscle makes the lips “pout” and wrinkles the chin?
Mentalis
Which muscle “tenses the lips” laterally?
Risorius
Where are the O/I for the Buccinator?
O: alveolar processes of mandible/maxilla
I: Oribularis Oris (deep muscles around mouth)