Week 6 - Muscles Of Face And Masication

Question 1

Sensory information from the face is carried by….

Answer 1

Trigeminal nerve

Question 2

All are muscles of mastication except…,

Answer 2

Orbicularis Oculi

Question 3

The facial muscle which prevents accumulation of food within the vestibule of the oral
Cavity is….

Answer 3

Buccinator

Question 4

The facial
Muscle
Which pulls the angle
Of the mouth upwards for
Facial expression is the...

Answer 4

Zygomaticus major

Question 5

Tight closure of the eyelids are done by…

Answer 5

Orbucularis oculi

Question 6

All of the muscles of mastication are innervated by…..

Answer 6

Trigeminal nerve

Question 7

True or false

Facial nerve supplies the muscles of mastication

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The retractor of the mandible is…..

Answer 8

Posterior fibres of the temporalis.