Chapter 10: Head and Neck Muscles

Question 1

pharynx

Answer 1

the throat

Question 2

larynx

Answer 2

the voice box

Question 3

name the muscles responsible for chewing

Answer 3

temporalis, masseter lateral pterygoid, and the medial pterygoid

Question 4

what muscles cause medial and lateral excursion of the jaw?

Answer 4

medial pterygoid

Question 5

contrast the movements produced by the extrinsic and intrinsic tongue muscles.

Answer 5

The intrinsic muscles are amassed within the tongue to control the shape and movement of the tongue. Extrinsic muscles are outside of the structure, and help change the shape and move the tongue.

Question 6

explain the interaction of the suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles in swallowing

Question 7

which muscles open and close the openings to the auditory tube and to the larynx?

Question 8

describe the muscles of the eye and the movements they produce

Question 9

rectus muscles of the eye

Question 10

oblique muscles of the eye