MUSCULAR SYSTEM Flashcards
Occipitalis
Draw scalp backwards
Frontalis
Elevates eyebrows, wrinkles skin of forehead
Zygomaticus minor
Draws upper lip upward and outward
Levator labii superioris
Elevates upper lip
Levator Labii superioris alaeque nasi
Raises upper lip and dilates nostril
Buccinator
Compresses cheek and retracts angle
Zygomaticus major
Pulls angle of mouth upward and backward when laughing
Mentalis
Raises and protrudes lower lip as when in doubt
Orbicularis oris
Closes lips
Risoris
Smiling muscle
Masseter
Closes Jaw
Temporalis
Raises mandible and closes mouth, draws mandible backwards
Medial pterygoid
Raises mandible, closes mouth
Lateral pterygoid (two headed)
Brings jaw forward
Superior rectus
Rolls eyeball upward
Inferior rectus
Rolls eyeball downward
Medial recuts
Rolls eyeballs medially
Lateral recuts
Rolls eyeballs laterally
Superior oblique
Rotates eyeball on axis
Inferior oblique
Rotates eyeball on axis
Sternocleidomastoid
Flexes vertebral column, rotates head
Levator scapulae
Elevates scapula, origin: cervical vertebrae, insertion: scapula
Rhomboid major
Origin: 2nd-5th thoracic vertebrae, insertion: scapula: Function: moves scapula backward and upward, slight rotation
Rhomboid Minor
Origin: last cervical and first thoracic vertebrae, insertion: scapula, function: elevates and retracts scapula