Head & Neck Muscles Flashcards
Buccinator attachments
Alveolar process of the maxilla
mandible
pterygoid hamulus
pterygomandibular raphe
Buccinator funt.
Compress cheek
Buccinator innervation
Baccal branch of facial n.
Depressor annuli oris attach.
Mandible to buccal angle
Depressor anguli oris function
Depress buccal angle laterally
Depressor anguli oris innervation
Buccal and mandibular branch of facial n.
Frontalis m. Attach.
Superficial fascia of eyebrows
epicranial aponeurosis
Frontalis function
Protracts the scalp
Elevates eyebrows & nose
Frontalis innervation
Temporal branch of facial n.
Lavator labii superioris attachments
Inferior orbital margin
Lateral aspect of upper lip
Lavatory labii superioris function
Raises & everts upper lip
Levator labii superioris innervation
Buccal & zygomatic branches of facial n.
Nasalis m. Attach.
Maxilla lateral & inferior
nasal notch
bridge & ala of the nose
Nasalis m. function
Transverse fibers compress
Alar fibers widen the nasal aperture
Nasalis m. innervation
Buccal branch of facial n.
Orbicularis oculi attachments
Orbital margin & medial palpebral lig.
superficial fascia of the eyelid
Orbicularis oculi function
A palpebral sphincter (closes eye)
Orbicularis oculi innervation
Temporal & zygomatic branches of the facial n.
Orbicularis oris attachments
Angle of the mouth
superficial fascia of the upper lip
Orbicularis oris function
An oral sphincter (closes mouth)
Orbicularis oris innervation
Buccal & mandibular branches of the facial n.
Platysma attach
Lower boarder of the mandible
superficial fascia of the skin of neck overlying the clavicle
Platysma function
Wrinkles the anterior nuchal skin
Platysma innervation
Cervical branch of the facial n.
Zygomaticus major attachments
Zygomatic bone
angle of mouth
Zygomaticus major function
Raises the buccal angle
Zygomaticus major innervation
Buccal & zygomatic branches of the facial n.
Inferior oblique innervation
Inferior ramus of the oculomotor n.
Inferior rectus innervation
Inferior ramus of the oculomotor n.
Levator palpebrae superioris innervation
Superior ramus of the oculomotor n.
Anterior digastric attach.
Digastric fossa of mandible to intermediate tendon
Anterior digastric function
Depression of mandible
Elevation of hyoid
Anterior digastric innervation
Mylohyoid branch of the inferior alveolar n. (CN V3)
Posterior digastric attach.
Temporal mastoid notch to intermediate tendon
Posterior digastric function
Depression of the mandible
Elevation of hyoid
Posterior digastric innervation
Facial n.
Gleniohyoid attach.
Inferior genial tubercle of mandible to anterior aspect of body of hyoid (median ridge of mandible to body of hyoid)
Geniohyoid function
Elevation of tongue and hyoid
Depression of mandible
Geniohyoid innervation
Ventral ramus of C1 via CN XII
Longus capitis attach.
Anterior tubercles of transverse processes of cervical vertebrae
basilar occipital bone
Longus capitis function
Flexion of head. & neck (bilaterally)
Ipsilateral rotation (unilateral)
Longus capitis innervation
Ventral rami of cervical spinal n. C1-3
Masseter attachments
Zygomatic arch to the angle of the mandible
lateral aspect of ramus