Muscles Part I
Elevation of the tongue tip requires contraction of this muscle
What is superior longitudinal?
A pout that involves protrusion of the lower lip requires contraction of which muscle
What is mentalis?
An infant will develop control of the (tip/dorsum) _______________________ first.
What is dorsum?
The term _________________ refers to loss of bone density
What is osteoporosis?
Congenital condition in which the nasolabial and nasomedial processes fail to fuse during embryological development
What is a cleft lip?
Pursing of the lips requires contraction of which muscle
What is the orbicularis oris?
This muscle helps to narrow the tongue.
What is transverse?
An infant will develop control of the (trunk/neck) first ________________________.
What is trunk?
The term ___________ refers to change in size and form of a person.
What is growth?
Congenital shortness of the lingual frenulum, reducing superior, anterior, and posterior mobility of the tongue.
What is Anklyoglossia (tongue tied)?
Depression of the tongue tip requires contraction of which muscle
What is inferior longitudinal?
This muscle helps to depress the tongue
What is vertical?
An infant will develop control of the (mandible/tongue) _______________________ first.
What is mandible?
Loss of bone in the ____________ (bone) during aging can result in loss of lower dentition and increases the risk of fracture.
What is mandible?
Condition in which the tongue is excessively large for the oral cavity
What is macroglossia?
The _________________________ muscle is the deepest muscle to retract the lips.
What is buccinator?
The _________________________ muscle is an extrinsic tongue muscle that makes up the bulk of the tongue.
What is genioglossus?
The infant develops (neck control/mandible control) _________________________ first.
What is neck control?
The face is vertically lengthened during the postnatal period through growth of the__________.
What is maxillae?
Condition in which the mandible is short relative to the maxilla (Class II malocclusion)
What is retrognathia or retruded mandible?
The _________________________ muscle arises from the temporal fossa.
What is temporalis?
The _________________________ muscle depresses the corner of the mouth.
What is depressor anguli oris inferioris?
An infant begins life in a general state of (flexion/extension) __________________.
What is flexion?
The term _________________ refers to muscle atrophy due to aging.
What is sarcopenia?
Incomplete closure of the left and right palates
What is cleft palate?