Muscles: Face, Scalp, Neck! Shoulder, Back, Chest and Abdomen. Flashcards
What does Galea Aponeurotica (1) do?
Big stretchy scalp muscle (white) which MOVES THE SCALP.
A component of the epicranius that contains a frontal belly and an occipital belly.
Sphincter muscles have the ability to _____________ and _____________.
Dilate and constrict.
The eye sphincter is called…and it does….
Orbicularis oculi (round eye muscle sphincter).
Allows squinting. Close eye tightly or gently.
The lip sphincter is called…and it does…
Orbicularis oris.
Kissing!
The scalp muscle (x2) that lowers and raises the jaw is called…
Temporalis (side).
How many main muscles move the face?
11!
Cranial nerve 7 (VII) does what and where is it?
Helps move the face.
5 branched nerve that innervates (innervate: to supply nerves to a body part) the 11 main facial muscles, inserting into the SKIN (rather than muscles) to do/create facial expressions.
Levator anguli oris does…
Corner of the mouth elevation.
Zygomaticus major does…
Smiling and laughing actions.
Zygomaticus minor does the action…
Raise upper lips in sadness (pout).
Levator labii superioris does the action…
Snarl!
Deepens nasolabial salcus (side mouth folds/smile lines) mimicking Elvis’ expression.
Depressor labii inferioris does…
Draws lips laterally (down and foreword): awkward, *impatient look.
Risorius does…
Grin.
Platysma does…
Draws mouth inferior (grimace or horror).
We chew gum with the facial muscle called…?
Buccinator!
Mastication means…?
Chewing.
What 4 muscles of mastication create chewing? Which do side to side motions for grinding and which do up and down motions as primary movers?
Side to side: pterygoids (“teragoids” lateral and medial) and buccinator. *grinding
Up and down: temporalis and masseter.
*prime movers
Related to TMJ jaw issues, cranial nerve number ? a.k.a. the trigeminal nerve innervates (supplies nerves to) the mastication muscles to chew:
Cranial nerve 5 (V).
Three branched brain nerve called “trigeminal”.
3 tongue muscles that anchor and move the tongue are called…
Genioglossus
Styloglossus
Hyoglossus
The 3 tongue muscles are innervated by cranial nerve number ? also known as the hypoglossal nerve…
Cranial nerve 12 (XII) a.k.a. hypoglossal nerve.