Unit 4- Facial Muscles

Question 1

frontalis

Answer 1

forehead
lifts eyebrows

Question 2

nasalis

Answer 2

bridge of nose
scrunches nose

Question 3

corrugator supercillii

Answer 3

on top of eyebrows
scrunch eyebrows

Question 4

orbicularis oculi

Answer 4

around eyes
squint eyes

Question 5

masseter

Answer 5

lateral side of cheeks
chewer

Question 6

orbicularis oris

Answer 6

around lips
scrunch lips –> kisser

Question 7

bucantor

Answer 7

sides of mouth
sucks cheeks into and pushes food back into teeth

Question 8

depressor anguli oris

Answer 8

below lips on the side
pull lips down at an angle –> frowner

Question 9

platysma

Answer 9

sides of neck
pulls jaw down

Question 10

sternocleidomastoid

Answer 10

around side of neck to front
pulls head down and moves it around

Question 11

mentalis

Answer 11

middle and bottom of chin
pushes lip out –> pouter
and lifts chin up

Question 12

depressor labii inferioris

Answer 12

bottom of chin around the mentalis muscle and inside the depressor anguli oris muscles
pulls lips down

Question 13

risorius

Answer 13

bottom of cheek, side of mouth
widens mouth, pulls lips back

Question 14

levator anguli oris

Answer 14

down from outside of eyes to outside of lips
lift lips up at an angle

Question 15

levator labii superioris

Answer 15

down from middle of eye to lips
lifts lip up –> disgusted

Question 16

zygomatic major/minor

Answer 16

from ear to edge of lips (minor on bottom and major on top)
smilers

Question 17

temporalis

Answer 17

sides of head, on temples
chewer