Fun Facts
Muscles represent about this percentage of the bodies' weight.
What is 40%?
spongy
bone between both eye sockets that
forms part of the nasal cavity.
ethmoid
The bones that form the bridge of the nose.
What are the nasal bones?
Occipito-Frontalis is also known as the __________
Epicranius
The muscle that draws the eyebrows down.
What is the corrugator?
These muscles are found in the internal organs of the body consisting of the stomach,
intestines and the lungs.
NON-STRIATED
2 spongy, spiral-shaped bones
that form the inside walls of the
nasal passage.
Turbinal
The largest and strongest bone of the face.
What is the mandible?
The muscle that raises the eyebrows and causes wrinkles in the forehead, located in the front of the epicranius.
What is the frontalis?
The muscle that enables the eye to close.
What is the obicularis oculi.
The number of bones in an adult body.
What is 206?
________ is the hardest tissue in the body, except for
the tissue that forms the major parts of the teeth.
Bone
The bones of the upper jaw.
What is the maxillae?
The broad muscle that covers the top of the skull.
What is the epicranius?
Covers the bridge of the nose and lowers the eyebrows
What is the Procerus ?
The study of structure, functions, and diseases of the muscles.
What is myology?
forms the palate.
Palatine
flat bone that
forms the center of the nasal septum.
Vomer
The muscle that draws the scalp backward, the back portion of the epicranius.
What is the occipitalis?
The muscles that coordinate in opening and closing the mouth.
What are the masseter and temporalis?
The three parts of a muscle.
What is origin, insertion and belly?
Bone that joins all of the bones of the cranium together.
What is the Sphenoid bone?
Bones that form the cheeks.
What are zygomatic bones?
The tendon that connects the occipitalis and the frontalis.
What is the aponeurosis?
this muscle pulls the mouth up and
out, creating a grin.
Risorius Muscle