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elevates and retracts (moved back) mandible
temporalis
raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead
frontalis
draws ends of mouth down; frowning muscle
depressor anguli oris
closes eyes
orbicularis oculi muscle
flexes and rotates head; prayer muscle
sternocleidomastoid
extends head and neck
trapezius
elevates corner of mouth; laughing muscle
zygomaticus major
closes/draws lips together
Orbicularis Oris
elevates and protracts (moves forward mandible)
masseter
sucks in the cheeks
buccinator
dilates the nostrils
nasalis
pulls eyebrows downward, wrinkles forehead vertically
corrugator supercilii
elevates upper lip
levator labii
draws ends of the mouth down; frowning muscle
depressor anguli oris
flexes and rotates head
sternocleidomastoid
depresses mandible, draws lower lip down, tenses neck
platysma
elevates corner of mouth
levator anguli oris
wrinkles chin, protrudes lower lip, pouting muscle
mentails
pulls corners of mouth laterally
risorius
depresses and pulls lower lip forward
depressor labii inferioris
pulls scapula forward (boxer’s muscle)
serratus anterior muscle
individually; rotates head to opposite side
together; pulls head forward and down
sternocleidomastoid
abduct (raises) arm
posterior laterally rotates arm anterior medially rotates
deltoid
adducts (lowers) pulls arm across chest medially rotates arm
pectoralis
flexes and rotates vertebral column, forms lateral walls of abdomen
external oblique
compresses the abdomen and flexes trunk and vertebral column “straight muscle of the abdomen”
rectus abdominis
superior; elevates scapula
inferior; depresses scapula
trapezius
maintains abdominal tension, compresses abdomen, ruins perpendicular to core
transverse abdominis
raises, rotates, and retracts scapula, extends to head
trapezius
extends, abducts and laterally rotates arm
deltoid
extends and adducts arm “broadest muscle of back”
latissimus dorsif
flexes and rotates vertebral column, forms lateral walls of abdomen
external oblique
