Muscles of the face

Question 1

Draws the scalp posteriorly and anteriorly, causing the eyebrows to raise and wrinkles to form on the forehead
-Muscle that covers the top of the skull
-Two, left and right

Answer 1

Occipitofrontalis

Question 2

Muscle of mastication and is the strongest chewing muscle. Closes the mandible and assists in side to side movement of the mandible
-Arising from the temporal cavity and inserting in the mandible
-Two, left and right

Answer 2

Temporalis

Question 3

Muscle of mastication, closes the mandible. The chewing muscle
-Arises from the zygomatic arch and inserting in the mandible
-Two, left and right

Answer 3

Masseter

Question 4

Closes the eyelid and compresses the lacrimal sac
-Sphincter muscle around the eye socket
-Two, left and right

Answer 4

Orbicularis oculi

Question 5

Pyramid shaped muscle of facial expression. Draws the eyebrows inferiorly and medially.
-Lies beneath the frontalis and orbicularis oculi.
-Also known as a frowning muscle

Answer 5

Corrugator

Question 6

Raises the upper eyelid
-Muscle of facial expression that runs from the inside of the eye socket to the upper tarsal plate of the eyelid
-Two, left and right

Answer 6

Levator palpebrae superioris

Question 7

Draws the skin of the forehead inferiorly, causing the transverse and vertical wrinkles in the forehead
-Covers the bridge of the nose
-Two, left and right

Answer 7

Procerus

Question 8

Closes the lips. Compresses lips against the teeth. Shapes lips during speech
-Flat band of muscles in the upper and lower red lips and integumentary lips
-One muscle

Answer 8

Orbicularis oris

Question 9

Raises the upper lip and dilates nostrils
-Muscle of facial expression
-Two, left and right

Answer 9

Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Question 10

Elevates and extends the upper lip
-Muscle of facial expression
-Two, left and right

Answer 10

Levator labii superioris

Question 11

Elevates the angle of the lip
-Small muscle at the angle of the mouth
-Two, left and right

Answer 11

Levator anguli oris

Question 12

Draws the upper lip superiorly and laterally
-Muscle of the face
-Two, left and right

Answer 12

Zygomaticus minor

Question 13

Draws upper lip posteriorly, superiorly, and laterally
-Muscle of the face
-Two, left and right

Answer 13

Zygomaticus major

Question 14

Principle muscle of the cheek. Compresses the cheek and it pulls the anguli oris posteriorly
-Makes up part of the angulus oris eminence
-“Trumpeter muscle”
-Two, left and right

Answer 14

Buccinator

Question 15

Draws the corners of the mouth posteriorly.
-Extends from the skin over the masseter muscles to the corners of the mouth
-Two, left and right

Answer 15

Risorius

Question 16

Depresses the angle of the mouth
-Muscle of facial expression that arises from the mandible to insert into the anguli oris
-Two, left and right

Answer 16

Depressor anguli oris

Question 17

Depresses the lower lip inferiorly and slightly laterally
-Muscle of facial expression
-Two, left and right

Answer 17

Depressor labii inferioris

Question 18

Elevates and protrudes the lower lip. Also wrinkles the skin over the chin
-Located on the tip of the chin
-Two, left and right

Answer 18

Mentalis

Question 19

Thin layer of muscle covering the anterior aspect of the neck
-Wrinkles the skin of the neck and chest, also depresses the mandible and anguli oris as in pouting
-Two, left and right

Answer 19

Platysma

Question 20

Rotates and depresses the head
-Thick muscle that originates from the head of the sternum and clavicle, and inserts at the mastoid process of the temporal bone

Answer 20

Sternocleidomastoid

Question 21

Double bellied muscle of the neck which attaches to the mastoid process and the mandible
-Draws the hyoid bone posteriorly

Answer 21

Digastric