Exam 1 Flashcards
- Origin: Hyoid bone (median fibrous septum)
- Insertion: edges of tongue
- Innervation: hypoglossal (CN XII)
- Action: shorten and curl tongue up
- Intrinsic tongue muscle
superior longitudinal
- Origin: root of tongue
- Insertion: apex of the tongue
- Innervation: hypoglossal (CN XII)
- Action: shortens and curls tongue down
- Intrinsic tongue muscle
inferior longitudinal
- Origin: dorsum of tongue
- Insertion: inferior lateral borders of tongue
- Innervation: hypoglossal (CN XII)
Action: flattens and broadens tongue - Intrinsic tongue muscles
Vertical muscle
- Origin: median fibrous septum
- Insertion: sides of tongue
- Innervation: hypoglossal (CN XII)
- Action: narrows and elongates tongue
- Intrinsic tongue muscle
Transverse muscle
- Origin: styloid process of temporal bone
- Insertion: courses downward and anterior to insert in dorsum of tongue
- Innervation: Hypoglossal (CN XII)
- Action: elevate and retract tongue, draw sides of tongue up to create a trough, and shoots food back
- extrinsic tongue muscle
styloglossus
- Origin: greater cornu and body of hyoid
- Insertion: posterior half of lateral aspect of tongue
- Innervation: Hypoglossal (CN XII)
- Action: depresses tongue; suprahyoid muscle
- extrinsic tongue muscle
Hyoglossus
- Origin: Velum where the fibers from each side intermingle
- Insertion: lateral aspects of tongue
- Innervation: Vagus (CN X)
- Action: elevate tongue or depresses velum
- Extrinsic tongue muscle
Palatoglossus
- Origin: internal surface of mandibular symphysis
- Insertion: fan throughout length of tongue and body of hyoid
- Innervation: Hypoglossal (CN XII)
- Action: anterior fibers retract tongue, posterior fibers protrude; suprahyoid muscle
- extrinsic tongue muscle
genioglossus
Pulls larynx and hyoid up
Suprahyoid muscle
- Attached to posterior border of palatine bones
- Contains 2 depressors and 3 elevators
Soft palate (velum)
- Courses medial then upward to fan out into palatal aponeurosis; fibers intermingle with muscle on opposing side
- Origin: base of skull, foramen ovale, carotid canal, and sphenopetrosal fissure
- Insertion: courses downward to tendonous portion which wraps around hamulus of medial pterygoid plate
- Innervation: Trigeminal (CN V)
- Action: flattens and tenses palate; opens Eustachian tube
- depressor of velum
Tensor veli palatini
- primary muscle for palatal depression
- extrinsic muscle of tongue; forms anterior faucial pillar
- Origin: lower surface of palatal aponeurosis
- Insertion: sides of tongue
- Action: depress velum and elevate tongue
- Innervation: Vagus (CN X)
Palatoglossus
- Origin: apex of petrous portion of temporal bone, cartilage of Eustachian tube
- Insertion: palatal aponeurosis
- Innervation: CN X, pharyngeal branch
- Action: forms a sling to elevate palate on non-nasal sounds
- Primary muscle for closing off palate
-elevator of velum
Levator veli palatini
- courses length of velum
- origin: posterior nasal spine
- insertion: uvula
- innervation: CN X, pharyngeal branch
- action: pull velum mass up and forward and increase cross-sectional mass
- elevator of velum
Musculus uvulae
- most important muscle for swallowing
- posterior faucial arch
- Origin: superiorly to hard palate and palatine aponeurosis
- Insertion: inferiorly to lateral wall of pharynx and thyroid cartilage
- Innervation: CN X, pharyngeal branch
- Action: tenses soft palate and pulls pharyngeal walls superiorly, anteriorly, and medially during swallowing
- closes off nasopharynx from oropharynx during swallowing
Palatopharyngeus
- Shelf across alveolar processes
- roof of mouth
- rugae on anterior alveolar ridge
- posterior nasal spine is found at rear midline
- midline raphe are observable
- Anterior 2/3 to 3/4 - palatine processes of maxillae
- posterior 1/3 to 1/4 - horizontal plates of palatine bones
hard palate
- Only moving bone in skull
- Body or arch
- Mandibular nerve of CN V
- Action: chewing food
- elevates, depresses. and lateralizes
- houses lower teeth and tongue
Mandible
Line where the right and left halves of the mandible fuse together
Mental symphysis
triangular area in the front of the mandible that forms the chin
Mental protuberance
2 bony points on outside of mandible’s body that forms the chin’s prominence
Mental tubercles
opening in mandible that allows the mental nerve to exit the bone
Mental foramen
allows CN V to pass through mandible
Mandibular foramen
thick ridge of bone in mandible that holds teeth in place
alveolar process
bony ridge on the internal surface of mandible; attachment for Ramus
Mylohyoid line
irregular quadrilateral; makes up lateral portion of mandible on either side
Ramus
thin triangular eminence that continues anteriorly into the ramus and is bounded posteriorly by mandibular incisurae
Coronoid process/crown
articulates with temporal bone at temporomandibular joint in mandible
condylar process/knob
space between the coronoid and condyle in mandible
Mandibular notch
- strongest muscle in body based on weight
- flat, thin palpable muscle
- origin: external fibers arises from zygomatic arch via aponeurosis; internal fibers arise from posterior surface of lower border/medial surface of zygomatic arch
- insertion: external - lateral surface of ramus of mandible; internal - upper half of ramus and lateral surface of coronoid process
- Action: elevate mandible
- Alternate lateral contractions for chewing
- Innervation: mandibular branch - CN V
Masseter
- thin & fan shaped
- origin: temporal fossa
- insertion: anterior border of ramus and coronoid process
- innervation: mandibular branch of CN V
- Action: elevate mandible; important for mastication
Temporalis (temporal) muscle
- quadrilateral shaped muscle
- origin: pterygoid fossa (between base of lateral and medial pterygoid plates) and medial surfaces of lateral pterygoid plate
- insertion: medial surface of ramus and angle of mandible
- innervation: mandibular branch of CN V
- action: elevate mandible, protrude and pull side to side (Mastication)
Medial (internal) pterygoid muscle
- suprahyoid muscle
- 2 bellies: anterior and posterior
- attached by intermediate tendon attached to greater cornu of hyoid
- mandibular depressor
Digastric muscle
- origin: inner surface of lower border of mandibular symphysis
- insertion: intermediate tendon
- innervation: CN V
- Action: depresses mandible
anterior belly of digastric muscle
- origin: mastoid process of temporal bone
- insertion: intermediate tendon
- innervation: CN VII
- action: elevates hyoid
posterior belly of digastric muscle
- found on floor of mouth
- origin: mylohoid line of mandible
- insertion: median raphe and body of hyoid
- innervation: CN V
- action: depresses mandible and raises hyoid (suprahyoid)
Mylohyoid
- rope like muscle superior to medial border of mylohyoid
- origin: inner mandibular symphysis
- insertion: body of hyoid
- innervation: CN XII
- action: depresses mandible and raises hyoid (suprahyoid muscle)
geniohyoid
- primary muscle for protruding mandible
- contains 2 heads: 1: lateral portion of greater wing of sphenoid bone; 2: lateral surface of lateral pterygoid plate
- insertion: pterygoid fossa (anterior neck of condyle of mandible)
- action: depresses, protrudes, and lateralizes mandible
Lateral (external) pterygoid
What 3 mandibular muscles are responsible for raising the mandible?
medial/internal pterygoid, masseter, and temporalis
What 4 mandibular muscles are responsible for lowering the mandible?
geniohyoid, anterior belly of digastric muscle, mylohoid, and lateral/external pterygoid
- lip seal
- chewing
- bolus formation
- sucking
- positive pressure
- oropharyngeal and velopharyngeal seal
oral cavity
What are the 3 parts of the pharynx?
Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx
- located from nasal choanae to elevated soft palate
- contains muscles that control the opening of Eustachian tube
nasopharynx
middle section of throat, located behind mouth and below soft palate
oropharynx
connects larynx to esophagus and is vital passageway for air, water, and food
laryngopharynx
- quadrilateral muscle, thinner and paler than other constrictors
- high of pharyngeal constrictor
- origin: medial pterygoid plate, pterygomandibular raphe, alveolar process
- insertion: pharyngeal raphe, pharyngeal tubercle
- innervation: CN X, pharyngeal plexus
- action: aids in buccal tension and pulls tongue backwards to posterior pharyngeal wall
superior pharyngeal constrictor
- fan shaped muscle
- smaller than inferior pharyngeal constrictor
- origin: hyoid
- insertion: pharyngeal raphe
- innervation: CN X, pharyngeal plexus
- action: constriction pushes bolus down towards esophagus
middle pharyngeal constrictor
- located in inferior pharynx
- muscle embedded in tube
- Origin #1: cricoid cartilage & origin #2: thyroid cartilage
- insertion #1: fibers course horizontally (cricopharyngeus muscle); insertion #2: fibers course oblique and upward and meet at midline to form a tube or sphincter
- innervation: CN X, pharyngeal plexus
- action: deglutition, pushes food down into esophagus
inferior pharyngeal constrictor
- long slender muscle; passes between superior and middle pharyngeal constrictors; joins with palatopharyngeus muscle
- origin: styloid process of temporal bone
- insertion: thyroid
- innervation: CN IX, glossopharyngeal
- actions: elevates pharynx and larynx; widens pharyngeal space and pulls up on UES
stylopharyngeus
- base of mandible and 3rd cervical vertebra when at rest
- connected to floor of mouth, tongue, larynx, epiglottis, pharynx
- makes muscular connections with: scapulae, sternum, cervical vertebrae, temporal bone, mandible, laryngeal cartilages and tongue
- attachments are anatomical link between sucking, swallowing, chewing, breathing, cranio-cervical posture
- upward and forward movement essential during swallow to draw mechanical traction on UES (opens esophagus)
hyoid bone
- 3 functions
- cartilage and muscle
- true and false vocal folds
- aryepiglottic folds
larynx
pulls larynx and hyoid down
infrahyoid
These laryngeal muscles are important for support and positioning and elevating (supra) and depression (infra)
extrinsic laryngeal muscles
these laryngeal muscles are most important for speech production
intrinsic laryngeal muscles
- flat muscle near anterior surface of neck
- origin: post surface of manubrium (sternum); medial end of clavicle
- insertion: lower body of hyoid
- innervation: CN XII
- action: depresses hyoid
- extrinsic laryngeal muscle - infrahyoid
sternohyoid
- long slender muscle in front of anterior neck
- origin: post surface of manubrium of sternum (doesn’t move)
- insertion: oblique line of thyroid (covered by omohyoid and sternohyoid)
- innervation: CN XII
- action: depress thyroid
- extrinsic laryngeal muscle - infrahyoid
sternothyroid
- long, narrow, two-bellied muscle in anteriolateral surface of neck
- Origin 1: upper border of scapula; origin 2: intermediate tendon, just above (and attached to) sternum
- insertion: inferior surface of greater horns of hyoid
- innervation: CN XII
- action: depress larynx and hyoid
- extrinsic laryngeal muscle - infrahyoid
omohyoid
- located in anterior neck (covered by omohyoid and sternohyoid)
- origin: oblique line of thyroid
- insertion: lower border of greater horn of hyoid
- innervation: CN XII
- action: narrows distance between thryoid and hyoid; thyroid is fixed, it lowers hyoid, whereas if hyoid is fixed, it elevated thyroid
- extrinsic laryngeal muscles - infrahyoid
thyrohyoid
What are the suprahyoid muscles?
digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid, stylohyoid, hyoglossus, and genioglossus
- origin: styloid process of temporal bone
- insertion: greater horn of hyoid
- innervation: CN VII
- action: draws hyoid up and backward
- extrinsic laryngeal muscle - suprahyoid
stylohyoid
Loss of/disordered
Dys
ability to eat (to swallow)
phagia
another words for swallowing
deglutition
collected and shaped body of food and/or liquid
bolus
- process of chewing food
- occurs in oral stage
- bolus mixes with enzymes in saliva
mastication
process in which food or liquid enters larynx but remains above VF; may or may not be ejected via coughing
penetration
process whereby food, liquid, or other foreign matter passes below VF
aspiration