Face and Parotid Region Flashcards
What are the attachments of the buccinator?
From alveolar processes of the maxilla and mandible, pterygoid hamulus and pterygomandibular raphe to the buccal angle.
What are the actions of the buccinator?
Compresses cheek
What is the innervation of the buccinator?
Buccal branch of facial n.
What are the attachments of depressor anguli oris?
From mandible to buccal angle
What are the actions of depressor anguli oris?
Depresses buccal angle laterally
What is the innervation of depressor anguli oris?
Buccal and mandibular branch of the facial n.
What are the attachments of frontalis?
From the superficial fascia of the eyebrows to the epicranial aponeurosis
What is the function of the frontalis?
Protracts the scalp or elevates eyebrows and nose.
What is the innervation of frontalis?
Temporal branch of facial n.
What are the attachments of levator labii superioris?
From the inferior orbital margin to the lateral aspect of the upper lip
What is the function of levator labii superioris?
Rasies and everts upper lip.
What is the innervation of levator labii superioris?
Buccal and zygomatic branches of the facial n.
What are the attachments of nasalis?
From the maxilla lateral and inferior to the nasal nothch to the bridge and ala of the nose.
What are the actions of nasalis?
Transverse fibers compress and alar fibers widen the nasal aperture
What is the innervation of nasalis?
Buccal branch of facial n.