Head
Neck
Trunk
Clinical Correlations
Throwbacks
100

This muscle, named after the cranial bone it originates on, puts power at the molars.

What is the temporalis?

100

This muscle allows you to lift your scapula. 

What is the levator scapulae? 

100
Often referred to as a six-pack.

What is the rectus abdominis? 

100

This can occur if the facial nerve is inflamed or infected. 

What is facial paralysis?

100

The human skeleton is divided into these two parts. 

What are the axial and appendicular skeletons?

200

This muscle allows you to blink and close your eyelids. 

What is the orbicularis oculi?

200

The most superficial muscle on the neck.

What is the platysma?

200

When you inhale, this muscle moves toward the inferior. 

What is the diaphragm?

200
Many celebrities get this to prevent aging due to it's ability to paralyze facial muscles. 

What is botox?

200

This term is used to name muscles that are straight and point in one direction.

What is rectus?
300

These two muscles are responsible for lifting and depressing the lip.

What are the levator labii superioris and depressor labii inferioris?

300

These muscles are responsible for bending the neck and rotating the head.

What are the splenius muscles?

300

This group of muscles allows you to balance and stand upright.

What are the spinal erectors?

300

The most common cause of facial paralysis.

What is Bell's palsy?

300

This bone separates the nasal cavity from the brain.

What is the ethmoid bone?

400

Inserting at the skin of the eyebrows, this muscle allows you to adduct them. 

What is the corrugator supercilii?

400

This muscle originates at the sternum and inserts at the mastoid process. 

What is the sternocleidomastoid?

400

This muscle is composed of a posterior, medial, and anterior part.

What are the scalene muscles?

400

This occurs when blood flow to the brain is disrupted. 

What is a stroke? 

400
Hyaline cartilage makes up this joint, while fibrocartilage is found in this type of joint. 

What are synchondrosis and symphysis?

500

These muscles originate at the sphenoid.

What are the medial and lateral pterygoids?

500
This is responsible for elevating the hyoid and tongue.

What is the mylohyoid?

500

These three muscles are among the deepest in the posterior trunk.

What are the spinalis, longissimus thoracis, and iliocostalis?

500
These viruses can lead to facial paralysis.

What are the varicella-zoster virus and the herpes simplex virus?

500

These are the five layers of the epidermis.

What are the stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale? (Come, Let's Get Sun Burnt)

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