Lab 22 Assessments Flashcards
When the ____ contracts the corner of the mouth is drawn upward and laterally when laughing.
Zygomatic major.
The ___ acts to compress the wall of the cheeks when air is blown out of the mouth.
Buccinator.
The ___ causes the lips to close and pucker during kissing, whistling, and speaking.
Orbicular oris.
The temporalis acts to ____
The temporalis muscle is one of several muscles that aid in chewing, necessary for crushing and grinding objects between molars.
The ___ pterygoid can close the jaw and pull it sideways.
medial.
The ____ pterygoid can protrude the jaw, pull the jaw sideways, and open the mouth.
Lateral.
The ___ wrinkles the skin of the chin and raises and protrudes the lower lip when drinking pouting or expressing doubt.
Mentalis.
The ____ can close the eye, as in blinking.
Orbicularis oculi.
The ____ can pull the head toward the chest.
Sternalcleidomastoid.
The muscle used to pout and to express horror is the ____.
Platysma.
The muscle used to widen the nostrils is the ____
Nasalis
The muscle used to elevate the hyoid bone during swallowing is the ____
Suprahyoid
The ____ raises the eybrows and moves the scalp.
Frontalis
The spenius capitis and ____ nuscles act to extend and rotate the head.
semispinalis capitis.
Muscles of mastication are all inserted on the
Mandible