Lab Unit 02: Head & Brain Flashcards
Masseter (Moore 922)
• Origin (PA): Inferior border and medial surface of maxillary process of zygomatic bone and the zygomatic arch.
• Insertion (DA): Angle and lateral surface of ramus of mandible.
• Nerve: CN V3 Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (via masseteric nerve).
• Action:
- Closing jaw by elevating mandible.
- Superficial fibers may make limited contribution to protrusion of mandible.
Temporalis – (Moore 922)
• Origin (PA):
Temporal fossa
+ temporal fascia.
• Insertion (DA):
Coronoid process
+ anterior border of ramus of mandible.
• Nerve: CN V3 Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (via deep temporal branches).
- Action:
- Closing jaw by elevating mandible.
- Posterior fibers are primary retractors of the mandible.
Medial Pterygoid – (Moore 992)
• Origin (PA):
Medial surface of lateral pterygoid plate
+ pyramidal process of palatine bone
+ tuberosity of the maxilla.
• Insertion (DA): Medial surface of ramus of mandible.
• Nerve: CN V3 Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (via medial pterygoid nerve).
• Action:
- Elevates mandible
- Contributes to protrusion
- Alternate unilateral activity produces smaller grinding movements.
Lateral Pterygoid – (Moore 922)
• Origin (PA):
Infratemporal surface
+ crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid
+ lateral surface of the lateral pterygoid plate
• DA:
- Superior: articular capsule and disk.
- Inferior: pterygoid fovea on neck of condyloid process of mandible.
• Nerve: CN V3 Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (via lateral pterygoid nerve).
• Action:
- Inferior: Bilaterally: protracts mandible and depresses chin.
- Unilaterally: lateral deviation to the contralateral side.
- Alternate unilateral contraction produces larger lateral chewing movements.
Rectus Capitis Posterior Major (RCP Major) – (Moore 493, 494)
• Origin: SP C2. • Insertion: Lateral aspect of the inferior nuchal line. • Nerve: PR C1 (Suboccipital nerve). • Action: - Extends head - Ipsilateral rotation.
Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor (RCP Minor) – (Moore 493, 494)
• Origin: Posterior tubercle of C1. • Insertion: Medial aspect of inferior nuchal line. • Nerve: PR C1 (Suboccipital nerve). • Action: - Extends head - Ipsilateral rotation.
Obliquus Capitis Superior – (Moore 493,494)
• Origin: TP C1. • Insertion: Between superior & inferior nuchal lines. • Nerve: PR C1 (Suboccipital nerve). • Action: - Extension of the head - Lateral flexion of the head.
Obliquus Capitis Inferior – (Moore 493, 494)
• Origin: Posterior tubercle of posterior arch of C2. • Insertion: TP C1. • Nerve: PR C1 (Suboccipital nerve). • Action: - Rotates atlas - Turns the head ipsilaterally.
Skull
- Maxilla
- Zygomatic bone
- Frontal bone
- Temporal bone
- Sphenoid bone
- Parietal bone
- Occipital bone
- Ethmoid bone
- Sutures
- Other Landmarks
Temporal bone
- Mastoid process
- Styloid process
- External acoustic meatus
- Mandibular fossa
- Zygomatic process
Sphenoid
• Sella turcica “turkish saddle”
Occipital bone
- Occipital condyle
- Foramen magnum
- Superior nuchal line
- Inferior nuchal line
- External occipital protuberance
Ethmoid bone
- Cribriform plate
* Crista galli
Sutures
- Coronal
- Sagittal
- Lambdoid
- Squamous
Other Landmarks on the skull
- Bregma
- Pterion
- Lambda
- Asterion
- Glabella
- Nasion
Temporomadibular Joint (TMJ)
• Mandible
- Ramus
- Angle
- Body
- Condylar process
- Coronoid process
- Mental foramen
- Mental protuberance
Foramina of Cranial Base – (Netter 13)
- Foramen of cribiform plate
- Optic canal
- Superior orbital fissure
- Foramen rotundum
- Foramen ovale
- Foramen spinosum
- Foramen lacerum
- Carotid canal
- Internal acoustic meatus
- Jugular foramen
- Hypoglossal canal
- Foramen magnum
Foramen of cribifrom plate
Olfactory nerve bundles