Muscle Actions Flashcards
Sternocleidomastoid
Unilaterally: Tilt head sideways, rotate face
Bilaterally: Extend head, flex cervical vertebrae
Platysma
Draw mouth inferiorally
Draws skin of the neck superiorally
Mylohyoid
Elevates hyoid during swallowing and speech
Geniohyoid
Widens pharynx, shortens floor of the mouth
Stylohyoid
Elevate and retract the hyoid, elongates floor of the mouth
Digastric Anterior and Posterior
Depress mandible, elevate and steady the hyoid
Sternohyoid
Depress hyoid during swallowing
Omohyoid
Depress and tract the hyoid
Sternohyoid
Depress hyoid and larynx
Thryohyoid
Depress hyoid, elevate larynx
Anterior scalene
Flex neck laterally, elevate rib 1
Middle scalene
Flex neck laterally, elevate rib 1
Posterior scalene
Flex neck laterally, elevate rib 2
Temporalis
Elevate and retract mandible
Masseter
Elevate and protract mandible