muscles of the neck Flashcards
platysma o
deep fascia over pectoralis major and deltoid
platysma i
body of mandible and angle of the mouth
platysma nerve
facial nerve
platysma action
depresses the mandible and the angle of the mouth
suprahyoid muscles
diagastric, stylohyoid, mylohyoid and geniohyoid
diagastric o
anterior belly body of mandible
posterior belly mastoid process
diagastric i
intermediate tendon held to hyoid bone by fascial sling
diagastric nerve
anterior belly nerve to mylohyoid and posterior belly facial nerve
diasgastric action
depresses the mandible and elevate the hyoid bone
stylohyoid o
styloid process
stylohyoid i
body of hyoid bone
stylohyoid nerve
facial nerve
stylohyoid action
elevate the hyoid bone
mylohyoid o
mylohyoid line at teh body of mandible
mylohyoid i
body o=f hyoid
mylohyoid nerve
inferiro alevlar nerve
mylohyoid action
elevate the hyoid bone and the floor of the mouth depress the mandible
geniohyoid o
inferiro mental spine of mandible