Truck Muscles Flashcards
Origin: Platysma
Skin over edge of mandible
Insertion: Platysma
Skin over clavicles
Innervation: Platysma
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Platysma
Tenses skin on neck
Notes: Platysma
Superficial layer
Runs from mouth and mandible to 2nd rib
Attaches to fascia and skin
Origin: Orbicularis Oris
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Insertion: Orbicularis Oris
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Innervation: Orbicularis Oris
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Orbicularis Oris
Purses lips
Notes: Orbicularis Oris
Superficial layer
Origin: Orbicularis Oculi
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Insertion: Orbicularis Oculi
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Innervation: Orbicularis Oculi
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Orbicularis Oculi
Closes eyelid
Notes: Orbicularis Oculi
Superficial layer
Origin: Zygomaticus Major and Minor
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Insertion: Zygomaticus Major and Minor
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Innervation: Zygomaticus Major and Minor
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Zygomaticus Major and Minor
Smiling
Notes: Zygomaticus Major and Minor
Superficial layer
Origin: Levator Labii Superioris
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Insertion: Levator Labii Superioris
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Innervation: Levator Labii Superioris
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Levator Labii Superioris
Elevates upper lip
Notes: Levator Labii Superioris
Superficial layer
Origin: Risorius
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Insertion: Risorius
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Innervation: Risorius
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Risorius
Smiling
Notes: Risorius
Superficial layer
Origin: Depressor Anguli Oris
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Insertion: Depressor Anguli Oris
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Innervation: Depressor Anguli Oris
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Depressor Anguli Oris
Depresses angle of mouth
Notes: Depressor Anguli Oris
Superficial layer
Origin: Levator Anguli Oris
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Insertion: Levator Anguli Oris
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Innervation: Levator Anguli Oris
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Levator Anguli Oris
Lifts angle of mouth
Notes: Levator Anguli Oris
Deep layer
Origin: Depressor Labii Inferioris
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Insertion: Depressor Labii Inferioris
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Innervation: Depressor Labii Inferioris
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Depressor Labii Inferioris
Depresses lower lip
Notes: Depressor Labii Inferioris
Deep layer
Origin: Mentalis
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Insertion: Mentalis
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Innervation: Mentalis
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Mentalis
Wrinkles chin, protrudes lower lip
Notes: Mentalis
Deep layer
Origin: Buccinator
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Insertion: Buccinator
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Innervation: Buccinator
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Buccinator
Sucking, whistling
Notes: Buccinator
Deep layer
Origin: Superior, Anterior and Posterior Auricular muscles
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Insertion: Superior, Anterior and Posterior Auricular muscles
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Innervation: Superior, Anterior and Posterior Auricular muscles
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Superior, Anterior and Posterior Auricular muscles
Wiggle ears
Origin: Frontalis
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Insertion: Frontalis
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Innervation: Frontalis
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Frontalis
- Elevates eyebrows
2. Wrinkles forehead
Origin: Occipitalis
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Insertion: Occipitalis
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Innervation: Occipitalis
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Action: Occipitalis
Pulls scalp back
Origin: Longus Capitis
Transverse processes of mid-cervical vertebrae
Insertion: Longus Capitis
Occipital bone
Innervation: Longus Capitis
Segmental cervical ventral rami
Action: Longus Capitis
Flexes head and neck
Origin: Longus Colli
- Vertical portion: lower cervical vertebrae
- Upper oblique portion: upper cervical bodies
- Lower oblique portion: lower cervical bodies
Insertion: Longus Colli
- Vertical portion: upper cervical vertebrae
- Upper oblique portion: mid-cervical transverse processes
- Lower oblique portion: mid-cervical transverse processes
Innervation: Longus Colli
Segmental ventral rami
Action: Longus Colli
Flexes neck
Notes: Longus Colli
Fibers of vertical and lower oblique portions run upward
Fibers of upper oblique portion run downward
Origin: Rectus Capitis Anterior
Atlas
Insertion: Rectus Capitis Anterior
Occipital bone
Innervation: Rectus Capitis Anterior
Ventral rami C1, 2
Action: Rectus Capitis Anterior
Flexes head
Origin: Rectus Capitis Lateralis
Atlas
Insertion: Rectus Capitis Lateralis
Occipital bone
Innervation: Rectus Capitis Lateralis
Ventral rami C1, 2
Action: Rectus Capitis Lateralis
Lateral flexion of head
Origin: Anterior Scalene
Transverse process of mid-cervical vertebrae
Insertion: Anterior Scalene
1st rib
Innervation: Anterior Scalene
Ventral rami of cervical nerves
Action: Anterior Scalene
- Raises first rib
2. Laterally flexes neck
Origin: Middle Scalene
All cervical transverse processes
Insertion: Middle Scalene
1st rib
Innervation: Middle Scalene
Ventral rami of cervical nerves
Action: Middle Scalene
- Raises first rib
2. Laterally flexes neck
Origin: Posterior Scalene
Transverse processes of mid-cervical vertebrae
Insertion: Posterior Scalene
2nd rib
Innervation: Posterior Scalene
Ventral rami of cervical nerves
Action: Posterior Scalene
- Raises second rib
2. Laterally flexes neck
Origin: Sternocleidomastoid
- Manubrium
2. Medial 1/3 of clavicle
Insertion: Sternocleidomastoid
Mastoid process
Innervation: Sternocleidomastoid
Accessory nerve (CN XI)