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Muscles of the Face, Head, and Neck > Muscle Actions > Flashcards

Muscle Actions Flashcards

1
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Sternocleidomastoid

A

Unilaterally: Tilt head sideways, rotate face
Bilaterally: Extend head, flex cervical vertebrae

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2
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Platysma

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Draw mouth inferiorally

Draws skin of the neck superiorally

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3
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Mylohyoid

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Elevates hyoid during swallowing and speech

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4
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Geniohyoid

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Widens pharynx, shortens floor of the mouth

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5
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Stylohyoid

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Elevate and retract the hyoid, elongates floor of the mouth

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6
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Digastric Anterior and Posterior

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Depress mandible, elevate and steady the hyoid

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7
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Sternohyoid

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Depress hyoid during swallowing

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8
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Omohyoid

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Depress and tract the hyoid

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9
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Sternohyoid

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Depress hyoid and larynx

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10
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Thryohyoid

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Depress hyoid, elevate larynx

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11
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Anterior scalene

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Flex neck laterally, elevate rib 1

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12
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Middle scalene

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Flex neck laterally, elevate rib 1

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13
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Posterior scalene

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Flex neck laterally, elevate rib 2

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14
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Temporalis

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Elevate and retract mandible

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15
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Masseter

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Elevate and protract mandible

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16
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Lateral pterygoid

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depress and protract mandible; lateral displacement

17
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Medial pterygoid

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elevate and protract mandible

18
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Orbicularis oculi

A

close eyelid

19
Q

orbicularis oris

A

close mouth, pucker lips

20
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buccinator

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press cheek against the teeth, draws lips back

21
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zygomaticus major

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draws angle of the mouth upward and laterally

22
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frontalis

A

elevate the eyebrow

23
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levator palpebrae superioris

A

elevate the superior eyelid

24
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superior rectus

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elevate, adduct, rotate eye medially

25
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lateral rectus

A

abduct eye

26
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inferior rectus

A

depress, adduct, and rotate eye laterally

27
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medial rectus

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adduct eye

28
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superior oblique

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abduct, depress, rotate eye medially

29
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inferior oblique

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abduct, elevate, rotate eye laterally

30
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stylopharyngeus

A

elevate pharynx and larynx for speech and swallowing

31
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levator veli palatini

A

elevate palate during swallowing and yawning

32
Q

tensor veli palatini

A

tense palate and opens Eustachian tube during swallowing and yawning

33
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genioglossus

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depress tongue, protude tongue; unilaterally wags tongue

34
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styloglossus

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retrude tongue, curls sides

35
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hyoglossus

A

depress tongue, retrude tongue

36
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cricothyroid

A

stretch and tense vocal ligaments

37
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arytenoid

A

adduct arytenoid cartilages

38
Q

posterior crico-arytenoid

A

abduct vocal folds

39
Q

thyroarytenoid

A

relax vocal ligament

Muscles of the Face, Head, and Neck (4 decks)

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