Face Muscles Flashcards
Corrugator supercillii action
Creates vertical lines between eyebrows
Corrugated supercilli innervation
Facial nerve (CNVII)
Occipitofrontalis action
Lifts eyebrows, creates horizontal lines across forehead
Orbicularis occuli action
Closes eyelids
Occipitofrontalis innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Orbicularis occuli innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Nasalis action
Opens the nostrils
Nasalis innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Orbicularis oris action
Closes the lips
Orbicularis oris innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Buccinator action
Presses cheek to molars
Buccinator innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Zygomaticus major action
Raises corners of the mouth - smile
Zygomaticus major innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Zygomaticus minor action
Lifts upper lip
Zygomaticus minor innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Platysma action
Pulls lower lip down and laterally
Platysma innervation
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Temporalis origin
Lateral skull, temporal fossa
Temporalis insertion
Coronoid process, medial (internal) surface of ramus
Temporalis action
Elevate mandible
Temporalis innervation
Mandibular branch of CNV
Masseter origin
Zygomatic bone & arch
Masseter insertion
Lateral surface ramus and angle of mandible
Masseter action
Elevate mandible
Masseter innervation
Mandibular branch CNV
Medial pterygoid origin
Medial surface of lateral pterygoid plate
Medial pterygoid insertion
Medial surface of ramus and angle
Medial pterygoid action
Elevate mandible
Medial pterygoid innervation
Mandibular branch of CNV
Lateral pterygoid superior origin
Greater wing of sphenoid
Lateral pterygoid superior insertion
TMJ capsule & disc
Lateral pterygoid superior action
Retrusion (stabilizes disk)
Lateral pterygoid superior innervation
Mandibular branch of CNV
Lateral pterygoid inferior origin
Lateral surface of lateral pterygoid plate
Lateral pterygoid inferior insertion
Mandibular neck, just inferior to condyle
Lateral pterygoid inferior action
Bilateral - protrusion
Lateral pterygoid inferior innervation
Mandibular branch CNV
Digastric anterior origin
Digastric fossa of mandible
Digastric anterior insertion
Hyoid bone
Digastric anterior action
Steadies hyoid bone
Digastric anterior innervation
Mandibular branch of CNV
Digastric posterior origin
Mastoid notch of temporal bone
Digastric posterior insertion
Hyoid bone
Digastric posterior action
Steadies hyoid bone
Digastric posterior innervation
Facial nerve (through mastoid foramen)
Suprahyoid origin
Medial surface of mandible, inferior mental spines
Suprahyoid insertion
Superior surface of hyoid
Suprahyoid action
Hyoid fixed - assist with Mandibular depression
Suprahyoid innervation
Mandibular branch of CNV CNI
Infrahyoid origin
Sternum, superior border scapula, thyroid cartilage
Infrahyoid insertion
Inferior surface of hyoid and thyroid cartilage
Infrahyoid action
Depression / fixation of hyoid
Infrahyoid innervation
C1-3, CNI