muscular lab quiz Flashcards
frontalis
forehead; raise eyebrows
temporalis
over temporal bone/mandible; chewing and closes jaw
masseter
(works with temporalis) mandible/zygomatic process; chewing and closes jaw
buccinator
cheek/maxilla/mandible/orbicularis oris; moving food in mouth and compresses cheek
orbicularis oculi
around eyes; close eyelids
orbilcularis oris
around mouth; closes lips
zygomaticus major
cheek bone to corner of mouth; raises corners of mouth to smile
platysma
corner of mouth to chest/neck area; tenses skin of neck
sternocleidomastoid
mastoid process to sternum; flexion of neck forward/rotation of head
intercostal muscles
in-between ribs; stretch for breathing
diaphragm
internally separates thorax and abdomen; breathing
external oblique
(posterior and anterior) iliac crest/abdomen; rotate and laterally bend torso
internal oblique
(posterior and anterior) under external oblique (and works with it); rotate and laterally bend torso
transverse abdominis
(posterior and anterior) spine and wraps like a belt on abdomen/under obliques; compresses abdomen
rectus abdominis
(6 pack-only anterior) anterior abdomen and pelvis; flexion of spine