Muscles - Face & Head

Question 1

corrugator supercilii

Answer 1

Wrinkles the forehead

Located at the eyebrow

Question 2

frontalis

Answer 2

Makes up the forehead
Covers the frontal bone
Raises eyebrow
Wrinkles forehead

Question 3

buccinator

Answer 3

Cheeks
Compresses cheek in whistle and sucking motion
Holds food between teeth
Holds corner of mouth when smiling

Question 4

masseter

Answer 4

Prime muscle that moves jaw

Elevate mandible

Question 5

occipitalis

Answer 5

Covers occipital bone
Pulls scalp posteriorly
Fix the aponeurosis

Question 6

orbicularis oculi

Answer 6

Under the eye

Closes the eye

Question 7

orbicularis oris

Answer 7

Under the lip
Closes the lip
Purse and protrude lips, kiss and whistle

Question 8

sternoclediomastoid

Answer 8

Located behind ear going down the neck

Flex and laterally rotate head; turning head side to side and bowing

Question 9

trapezius

Answer 9

Located at the back of the neck

Helps stabilize, elevate, retract and rotate scapula

Question 10

temporalis

Answer 10

Sits on temporal bone
Helps close the jaw
Help maintain mandible at rest
Helps elevate and retract mandible

Question 11

zygomaticus minor and major

Answer 11

Contribute to smiling
Zygomaticus major draw the angle of the mouth superiorly and posteriorly
Zygomaticus minor also contributes to facial expressions