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FACIAL MUSCLE LIST Flashcards

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Actions of Occipitalis

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Tense and retract scalp

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Actions of Frontalis

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Raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead

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Actions of Orbicularis Oris

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Purses lips

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Actions of Corrugator supercilii

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Pulls eyebrow inferiorily and medially, creates vertical wrinkles above nose

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Actions of Orbicular Occuli

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Closes eye, produces winking and blinking, squinting

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Actions of Depressor supercilii

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Depression of eyebrow

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Actions of Nasalis

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Compresses bridge, depresses tip of nose, elevates corner of nostrils

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Actions of Procerus

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Moves and wrinkles nose

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Actions of Levator Labii Superioris

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Elevates the upper lip

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Actions of zygomaticus minor

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Elevates the upper lip

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Actions of Zygomaticus major

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Draws angle of mouth upward and laterally

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Actions of Levator anguli oris

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Smile! (elevates angle of the mouth)

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13
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Actions of Mentalis

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Elevates and wrinkles skin of chin, protrudes lower lip

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Actions of Depressor Labii inferioris

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Depression of lower lip

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15
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Actions of Depressor anguli oris

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Depresses angle of mouth

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Actions of Risorius

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Draws back angle of mouth

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Actions of temporalis

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Elevate and retracts mandible

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18
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Actions of Masseter

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Chewing

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19
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Origins of occipitalis

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Epicranial aponeurosis

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Origins of Frontalis

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Epicrandial aponeurosis

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21
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Origins of Obricularis Oris

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Mandible and Maxilla

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22
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Origins of Corrugator supercilii

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Supraorbital ridge

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Origins of Orbicularis occuli

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Medial margin of orbit

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Origins of Depressor supercilii

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medial orbital rim

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Origins of Nasalis

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Maxilla

26
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Origins of procerus

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Fascia over lower nose bone

27
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origins of levator labii superioris

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medial infra orbital margin

28
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origins of zygomaticus minor

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zygomatic bone

29
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origins of zygomaticus major

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anterior portion of zygomatic bone

30
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origins of levator anguli oris

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maxilla

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origins of mentalis

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anterior mandible

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origins of depressor labii inferioris

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oblique line of mandible between symphysis and mental foramen

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origins of depressor anguli oris

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tubercle of mandible

34
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origins of risorius

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parotid fascia

35
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origins of buccinator

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alveolar process of maxillary and mandible

36
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origins of temporalis

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temporal line of parietal bone, superior temporal surface of spheniod

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Origins of masseter

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zygomatic arch and maxilla

38
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insertions of occipitalis

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epicranial aponeurosis

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insertions of frontalis

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skin of eyebrow, bridge of nose

40
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insertions of orbicular oris

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lips

41
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insertions of corrugator supercilii

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forehead skin near eyebrow

42
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insertions of orbicularis occuli

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skin around eyebrow

43
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insertions of depressor supercilii

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medial aspect of bony orbit

44
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insertions of nasalis

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nasal bone

45
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insertions of procerus

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into skin of lower part of forehead between eyebrows

46
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insertions of levator labii superioris

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skin and muscle of upper lip

47
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insertions of zygomaticus minor

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skin of upper lip

48
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insertions of zygomaticus major

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modiolus

49
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insertions of levator anguli oris

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modiolus of mouth

50
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insertions of mentalis

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chin

51
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insertions of depressor labii inferioris

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integument of lower lip

52
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insertions of depressor anguli oris

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modiolus of mouth

53
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insertions of risorius

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modiolus

54
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insertions of temporalis

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coronoid process

55
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insertions of masseter

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voronoid process, rams of mandible

56
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actions of buccinator

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compresses the cheeks against teeth, helps chewing

57
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insertions of buccinator

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fibers of orbicularis oris

A&P I (16 decks)

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