Midterm Quiz mm list Flashcards
What is the Buccinator?
Located at the centre of the cheek.
Action:
Unilaterally: Tightens the corners of the mouth.
Bilaterally: Help blow trumpet, Suck on straw.
What is Depressor Anguli Oris?
Located inferior and lateral to the corner of the mouth.
Action:
Unilaterally: Pulls corner of mouth inferiorly and laterally.
Bilaterally: Assist in frowning.
What is Depressor Labii Inferiorioris?
Located Inferior to corner of the mouth.
Action:
unilaterally: Pulls corner of lip inferiorly and shows bottom teeth.
Bilaterally: Pulls corner of mouth inferiorly and shows bottom teeth.
What is Levator Anguli Oris?
Located Superior to corner of the mouth.
Action:
Unilaterally: Raises corner of the mouth
Bilaterally: Assist with Smiling
What is Levator Labii Superion’s?
Located lateral to nostril just superior to upper lip.
Action:
Unilaterally: Raises corner of mouth
Bilaterally: Elevate and protrude upper lip
What is Mentalis?
Located lateral to the midline of the Chin.
Action: Protrude lower lip (crying)
What is Orbicularis Oris?
Located Around / Encircles the Lips.
Action: Puckering lips during Speech and kissing.
What is Platysma?
Located on the lateral sides of the Anterior neck (pecs to Mandible)
Action: Depress Jaw, Depress corners of the mouth and tightens the Anterior neck.
What is Risorius?
Located lateral to the corners of the mouth.
Action:
Unilaterally: Retracts corners of mouth
Bilaterally: Lateral smile
What is Zygomaticus Major?
Located from the corner of the mouth laterally ad superiorly (line from top of the ear)
Action:
Unilaterally: Superior ad lateral movement of corner of mouth.
Bilaterally: Sort of far smile.
What is Zygomaticus Minor?
Located medial to zygomaticus major corner of the Mouth laterally and superiorly.
Action: Puff top of cheek.
What is Levator Labii Superioris Alaeque Nasi?
Located lateral to the nose on cheek.
action:
Unilaterally: Elevates nostril
Bilaterally: churches nose
What is Nasalis?
Located on lateral part of the nose.
action: Transverse portion draws down tip of nose.
alar portion flares nostrils.
What is Procerus?
Located Between eyebrows on forehead.
Action: Wrinkle skin between brows.
What is Corrugator Supercili?
Located Medial eyebrows.
Action: Inferior and medial movement of eyebrows.
What is Orbicularis Oculi?
Encircles the eyes.
Action: Closing eyelids, squinting, blinking.
What is Occipitofrontalis?
Located on forehead & Base of Occipitals.
Action: Raise forehead, wrinkle.
What is Temporalis?
Origin: temporal fossa and Fascia of lateral scalp.
Insertion: Coronoid process of the mandible.
Action: elevates the mandible / retracts the mandible.
Nevre: Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
What is the lateral Pterygoid?
Origin:
Super head, Infratemporal surface and crest of greater wing of Sphenoid bone.
Inferior head, Lateral surface of lateral pterygoid plate of sphenoid bone.
Insertion: articular disc and capsule of TMJ and neck of mandible.
Action:
Unilaterally, Lateral deviation of mandible to opposite side.
Bilaterally, Protracts mandible.
Nerve: trigeminal nerve