Facial Expression
The muscle that elevates the eyebrow, wrinkles the skin of the forehead, and protracts/retracts the scalp?
What is the Occipitofrontalis?
The muscle that elevates the mandible.
What is the Temporalis?
The function of the Genioglossus muscle.
What is depress and protrude the tongue?
The function of the Superior, Middle, and Inferior Pharyngeal Constrictor muscles of the pharynx.
What is to constrict the wall of the pharynx during swallowing?
The number of muscles of the palate.
What is five?
The muscle that elevates and protrudes the lower lip and elevates the skin of the chin.
What is the Mentalis?
The two branches of the Pterygoid muscle of mastication.
What are Lateral and Medial?
The muscles of the tongue are split into these two classifications.
What is Intrinsic and Extrinsic groups?
The Cricopharyngeus muscle of the pharynx is part of this other pharyngeal muscle.
What is the Inferior Pharyngeal Constrictor?
The function of the Levator Veli Palatini.
What is to elevate the soft palate during swallowing or yawning?
The only facial muscle to have a major and a minor branch.
What is the Zygomaticus?
The name of this muscle derives from the Greek word for "Wing".
What is Pterygoid?
The muscle that flattens and broadens the tongue.
What is the Transverse muscle of mastication?
The three pharyngeal muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx.
What are the Palatopharyngeus, Salphingopharyngeus, and the Stylopharyngeus?
The muscle of the palate that shortens the uvula and pulls it superiorly.
What is the Musculus Uvulae?
The cranial nerve that innervates all muscles of facial expression.
What is Cranial Nerve VII, the Facial Nerve?
The cranial nerve that innervates all muscles of mastication.
What is Cranial Nerve V, the Trigeminal nerve?
The three parts of the Genioglossus muscle.
What are the Root, Body, and Apex?
The number of pharyngeal muscles.
What is seven?
The Cranial Nerve that innervates the Tensor Veli Palatini muscle of the palate.
What is Cranial Nerve V3, the mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve?
The two facial muscles most involved in changing the shape of the vocal tract during swallowing.
What is the Orbicularis Oris and the Buccinator?
This branch of the Trigeminal cranial nerve innervates the muscles of mastication.
What is CN V3?
All of the muscles of the tongue are innervated by Cranial Nerve XII, the Hypoglossal nerve, except for the Palatoglossus muscle, which is innervated by this cranial nerve.
What is Cranial Nerve X, the Vagus nerve?
The cranial nerve that innervates the pharyngeal muscles.
What is Cranial Nerve X, the Vagus nerve?
The two palatal muscles that form the palatal arches.
What are the palatoglossus and the palatopharyngeal muscles?