Skeletal muscles Flashcards
1
Q
Frontalis 2
A
- wrinkles forehead
* raises eyebrows
2
Q
Occipitalis 1
A
*tenses and retracts scalp
3
Q
Orbicularis oculi1 1
A
*closes eyes
4
Q
Zygomaticus major1 1
A
*retracts and elevates corner of mouth
5
Q
Buccinator 1
A
*compresses cheek
6
Q
Massater 2
A
- closes jaw
* elevates mandible
7
Q
Orbicularis oris 1
A
*compresses and purses lip
8
Q
Mentalis 1
A
*elevates and protrudes lip
9
Q
Platysma 3
A
- tenses skin of neck
- depresses mandible
- pulls lower lip down
10
Q
Temporalis 1
A
*elevates mandible
11
Q
Occipitofrontalis 3
A
- retracts and tenses scalp
- wrinkles forehead
- raises eyebrows
12
Q
Rectus abdominus 2
A
- depresses rib
* flexes vertebral column
13
Q
external oblique 3
A
- depresses ribs
- compresses abdomen
- flexes/bend spine
14
Q
internal oblique 3
A
- depresses ribs
- compresses abdomen
- flexes/ bends spine
15
Q
transverse abdominus 3
A
- depresses ribs
- compresses abdomen
- flexes/ bends spine