Quiz 4: Head & Neck Flashcards
platysma origin
skin over lower neck and upper lateral thorax
platysma insertion
mandible (inferior border)
skin over lower face and angle of mouth
platysma action
depress and wrinkles of lower face and mouth
tenses skin of neck
aids forced depression of mandible
sternocleidomastoid (sternal head) origin
sternum
sternocleidomastoid (clavicular head) origin
clavicle
sternocleidomastoid insertion
temporal bone (mastoid process) occipital bone (superior nuchal line)
sternocleidomastoid action
unilateral: tilts head SAME side, rotates head OPPOSITE side
bilateral: extends head, aids in respiration when head is fixed
omohyoid origin
scapula
omohyoid insertion
hyoid bone
sternohyoid origin
manubrium and sternoclavicular joint
sternohyoid insertion
hyoid bone
sternothyroid origin
manubrium
sternothyroid insertion
thyroid cartilage
omohyoid, sternohyoid and sternothyroid action
depress hyoid
draws larynx and hyoid down for phonation and terminal phases of swallowing
thyrohyoid origin
thyroid cartilage
thyrohyoid insertion
hyoid bone
thyrohyoid action
depresses and fixes hyoid
raises larynx during swallowing
longus capitis origin
C3-C6
longus capitis insertion
occipital bone
longus capitis action
flexion of head
longus colli (vertical) origin
C5-T3
longus colli (vertical) insertion
C2-T3
longus colli (superior oblique) origin
C3-C5
longus colli (superior oblique) insertion
atlas
longus colli (inferior oblique) origin
T1-T3
longus colli (inferior oblique) insertion
C5-C6
longus colli action
unilateral: tilts and rotates C-spine to OPPOSITE side
bilateral: forward flexion of C-spine
occipitofrontalis origin
epicranial aponeurosis
occipitofrontalis insertion
skin and subcutaneous tissue of eyebrows and forehead
occipitofrontalis action
elevates eyebrows
wrinkles skin of forehead
procerus origin
nasal bone
lateral nasal cartilage
procerus insertion
skin of lower forehead between eyebrows
procerus action
pulls medial angle of eyebrows inferiorly
orbicularis oculi origin
medial orbital margin
medial palpebral ligament
lacrimal bone
orbicularis oculi insertion
skin around margin of orbit
superior and inferior tarsal plates
orbicularis oculi action
closes eyelids
acts as orbital sphincter
nasalis origin
maxilla
nasalis insertion
nasal cartilages
nasalis action
flares nostrils
anterior scalene origin
C3-C6
anterior scalene insertion
1st rib - scalene tubercle
middle scalene origin
C1-C2
middle scalene insertion
1st rib - posterior to groove for subclavian a.
posterior scalene origin
C5-C7