Muscles to identify Flashcards
1
Q
Frontalis
A
Forehead, raised eyebrows and gives facial expressions
2
Q
Orbicularis Oculi
A
run in circles around the eyes, cause blinking and close the eyes
3
Q
orbicularis oris
A
circular muscle of lips “kissing lips”
4
Q
Buccinator
A
muscle that runs horinzonally across the cheek
5
Q
Zygomaticus
A
extends from the corner of the mouth to the cheek bone “smiling bone”
6
Q
Masseter
A
covers the angle of the lower jaw as it runs from the temporal bone to the mandible
7
Q
Temporalis
A
fan shaped muscle overlying the temporal bone; side of head
8
Q
Platysma
A
singe, covers the antelaternal neck
9
Q
Sternoclediomastoid
A
paired muscles that are 2 headed one from sternum one from calivcle. flexes the neck
