Axial Muscles Flashcards
Buccinator
O: Maxilla & Mandible
I: Orbicularis Oris
A: Compresses Cheeks
Depressor labii inferioris
O: Mandible
I: Skin - Lower lip
A: Depresses and helps evert lower lip
Levator labii superioris
O: Maxilla
I: Orbicularis Oris
A: elevates and everts upper lip
Mentalis
O: Mandible
I: Skin - chin
A: elevates lower lip
Orbicularis Oris
O: Maxilla & Mandible
I: lips
A: compresses, purses lips
Risorius
O: Parotid Fascia
I: angle of mouth
A: Draws corner of mouth laterally
Depressor anguli oris
O: Mandible
I: Skin - angle of mouth
A: depresses & draws corner of mouth laterally
Zygomaticus Major
O: zygomatic bone
I: Angle of Mouth
A: elevates and draws corners of mouth laterally
Zygomaticus Minor
O: zygomatic bone
I: Upper lip
A: elevates upper lip
Orbicularis Oculi
O: Maxilla
I: skin around eyes
A: closes eye
Levator palpebrae superioris
O: sphenoid
I: superior palpebrae
A: elevates upper eyelid (palpebrae)
Procerus
O: Nasal bone
I: Skin - forehead
A: pulls skin between eyebrows downward (frown)
Nasalis
O: Maxilla
I: bridge of nose
A: compresses bridge of nose
Occipitofrontalis (frontal belly)
O: epicranial aponuerosis
I: Skin - eyebrow & bride of nose
A: Raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead
Occipitofrontalis (occipital belly)
O: occipital bone
I: epicranial aponuerosis
A: tenses and retracts skelp
Platysma
O: facia near clavical
I: mandible and skin of cheek
A: tenses skin of neck, depresses mandible
Inferior Rectus
O: sphenoid
I: Inferior, medial surface of eyeball
A: Eye looks down
Medial Rectus
O: Sphenoid
I: medial surface of eyeball
A: eye looks medially
Superior Rectus
O: Sphenoid
I: superior surface of eyeball
A: Eye looks up
Lateral Rectus
O: Sphenoid
I: Lateral surface of eyeball
A: Eye looks laterally
Inferior Oblique
O: Maxilla
I: inferior, lateral surface of eyeball
A: Eye rolls, looks up & laterally