Tongue And Muscles Of Facial Expression

Question 1

What are the roles of the tongue?

Answer 1

Tasting food- there are receptors on tongue that enable one to taste food

Moving food inside oral cavity for easier chewing

And contributing to the process of shaping laryngeal voice into words

Question 2

In order to perform these roles the tongue must…

Answer 2

Be able to move freely and thus, the tongue is composed of hundreds of small muscles

Question 3

What can you see when touching your palate with your tongue?

Answer 3

The frenulum attached underneath the tongue

Question 4

Why are the left and right sides of the frenulum protruded?

Answer 4

Because the submandibular and sublingual glands are opened there to release saliva

Question 5

There are two types of tongue muscles, what are they?

Answer 5

Extrinsic and intrinsic

Question 6

Extrinsic muscles…

Answer 6

Attach to hyoid bone, mandible and styloid process of skull

Question 7

Intrinsic muscles…

Answer 7

Are within the tongue

Question 8

4 extrinsic muscles are?

Answer 8

Genioglossus
Styloglossus
Palatoglossus
Hyloglossus

Question 9

4 intrinsic muscle are?

Answer 9

Longitudinalis superior
Longitudinalis inferior
Transverse
Verticalis

Question 10

Closing of the lips involves which muscles?

Answer 10

Orbicularis Oris

Question 11

Raising upper lip involves which muscles?

Answer 11

Zygomaticus minor and levator labii superior

Question 12

Lowering bottom lip involves which muscles?

Answer 12

Depressor labii inferior

Question 13

Rounding lips involves which muscles?

Answer 13

Orbicularis Oris

Question 14

Protruding lips involves which muscles?

Answer 14

Mentalist and orbicularis Oris

Question 15

Retracting angle of mouth involves which muscles?

Answer 15

Buccinator, zygomaticus major and risorius

Question 16

Raising angle of mouth involves which muscles?

Answer 16

Levator Anguli Oris and zygomaticus major