Unit 3 Flashcards
Frontal
A
L
Releases eyebrows
Above eye
Occipital
A
L
Tenses and retracts scalp
Back of head
Orbicularis oris
A
L
Compresses, purses lips
Kissing
Around lips
Zygomaticus major
A
L
Retracts (pulls back) and elevates corners of mouth (smiling)
Below cheek
Levator labii superioris
A
L
Elevates upper lip
Between cheek and nose
Depressor labii inferioris
A
L
Depresses lower lip
Chin
Buccinator
A
L
Compresses cheeks (whistling/blowing and sucking)
Outside of lip corners
Mentalis
A
L
Elevates and protrudes lower lip (pouting)
Between lips and chin
Platysma
A
L
Tenses skin of neck and depresses mandible
Below chin on mandible
Risorius
A
Draws corner of mouth to the side (laterally)
Orbicularis oculi
A
L
Closes the eye
Around eye
Corrugator supercilii
A
Pulls skin, wrinkles brow (frowning)
Levator palpebrae superioris
A
Elevates upper eyelid, opens eye
Superior rectus
A
Moves eyeball superiorly and medially
Inferior rectus
A
Moves eyeball inferiorly and medially
Lateral rectus
A
Moves eyeball laterally
Medial rectus
A
Moves eyeball medially
Superior oblique
A
Moves eyeball inferiorly and laterally
Inferior oblique
A
Moves eyeball superiorly and laterally
Masseter O I A L
O. Maxilla and zygomatic arch
I. Angle and ramus of mandible
A. Elevates mandible and retracts mandible (closing mouth)
L. Up and down cheek
Temporalis O I A L
O. Temporal and frontal bones
I. Coronoid process and ramus of mandible
A. Elevates and retracts mandible
L. Temple
Medial pterygoid
A
Elevates and protects and moves mandible from side to side
Lateral pterygoid
A
Protracted mandible, depresses mandible and moves it side to side
Genioglossus
O
I
A
O. Mandible
I. Under surface of tongue
A. Depresses tongue and thrusts it anteriorly (protraction)
Styloglossus
A
Elevates tongue and retracts it
Stylohyoid
O
I
A
O. Styloid process on temporal bone
I. Body of hyoid
A. Elevates the hyoid bone and draws it posteriorly