Facial Expression
The muscle that draw eyebrows medially. Demonstrating concern or worry.
What is corrugator supercilli?
Muscle that elevates mandible, closing jaws; posterior. More horizontal fibers are 1 retractors of mandible.
What is temporalis?
The extrinsic muscles of the tongue.
What is genioglossus, hypoglossus, styloglossus and palatoglossus?
The nerve innervation glossopharyngeal nerve, CN IX
what is stylopharyngeus?
The five muscles of soft palate
what is levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, and musculus uvulae?
Part of dilators of mouth; retracts (depresses) lower lip. Showing sadness, pouting.
What is Depressor labii inferioris?
The Anterior Trunk of mandibular nerve CN V
What is the nerve innervation for muscles of mastication?
The nerve innervation for intrinsic muscles
The constrictors of the pharynx
What is superior pharyngeal constrictor, middle pharyngeal constrictor, inferior pharyngeal constrictor?
The pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve through pharyngeal plexus
what is the nerve innervation for levator veli palatini?
Depresses Mandible, tenses skin of inferior face and neck. Showing stress or tension.
what is platysma?
Depresses mandible against resistance when infrahyoid muscles fix or depress hyoid bone
what is suprahyoid muscles action?
The action of depressing and retracting tongue
what is hypoglossus?
Elevate pharynx and larynx during swallowing and speaking
what is the action of stylopharyngeus & salpingopharyngues?
Tenses soft palate and opens mouth of pharyngotympanic tube during swallowing and yawning
what is the action for tensor veli palatini?
What is facial nerve, Cn VII?
The infrahyoid muscles
What is omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid?
The CN X and pharyngeal plexus
What is the nerve innervation for palatoglossus?
Serves as superior esophageal sphincter
what is the action of cricopharyngeus?
shortens the uvula and pulls It superiorly
what is the action for musculus uvulae?
Elevates eyebrows and wrinkles skin of forehead. Indicating suprise or curiosity.
what is front belly?
Acts synergistically with masseter to elevate mandible; contributes to protrusion.
what is medial pterygoid?
The action of curling tip and sides of the tongue superiorly and shortens the tongue
what is superior longitudinal?
The nerve innervation pharyngeal and superior laryngeal branches of vagus, CN X through the pharyngeal plexus
what is the constrictors & thyropharyngeus?
Medial pterygoid nerve, CN V, through optic ganglion
what is the nerve innervation for tensor veli palatini?