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Scalp and Ear Muscles
Eye and Nose Muscles
Mouth Muscles
Mastication, Neck and Upper Back Muscles
Shoulder, Chest and Arm Muscles
100
Extends from top of forehead to top of skull, raises eyebrows or draws scalp down.
What is frontalis?
100
Located between the eyebrows, drawing them in and downward.
What is the corrugator?
100
Circles the mouth, responsible for puckering and wrinkling the lips, as in kissing or whistling.
What is oris orbicularis?
100
Located above and in front of the ear, opens and closes jaw, as in chewimg.
What is temporalis?
100
Extend across the front of the chest, assists in swinging the arms.
What is the pectoralis?
200
Located at the nape of the neck and draws the scalp back.
What is occipitalis?
200
Located above the eyelids, raises the eyelid.
What is levator palpebrae superioris?
200
Located at the tip of the chin, wrinkles the chin, as in doubt.
What is the mentalis?
200
Covers the hinge of the jaw and aids in closing the jaw, as in chewing.
What is masseter?
200
Located under the arm, aids in lifting the arm and in breathing.
What is the serratus anterior?
300
Muscle located in front of the ear.
What is auricularis anterior.
300
Circles the eyesocket, closes the eyelid.
What is orbiccularis occuliu?
300
Located in the corners of the mouth, turns the mouth up and out, as in grinning.
What is risorious?
300
Extends from the side of the neck to the collarbone, causing head to move from side to side and up and down, as in nodding "yes" and "no".
What is sternocleido mastoideus?
300
Runs parallel to the ulna, turns the palm of the hand up.
What is the supinator?
400
Muscle located above the ear.
What is auricularis superior?
400
Located between the eyebrows, across the bridge of the nose, draws brows down and wrinkles area across bridge of the nose.
What is the procerus?
400
Located above the corners of the mouth, raises the angle of the mouth, as in snarling.
What is caninus?
400
Extends from the tip of the chin to the shoulders and chest and depresses the lower jaw and lip, as in expressing sadness.
What is platysma?
400
Located mid-forearm, on the inside of the arm, bends the wrist and closes the fingers.
What is the flexor?
500
Muscle located behind the ear.
What is auricularis posterior?
500
The function controlled by the 4 muscles located inside the nose (nasalis, posterior dilator naris , anterior dilator naris and depressor septi)
What is contraction and expansion of the nostrils?
500
Located between the jaws and cheek, responsible for compressing the cheek to release air outwardly, as in blowing.
What is buccinator?
500
2 muscles that cover the back of the neck and upper back, draws the head back, rotates the shoulder blades and controls swinging of the arms.
What is trapezius and latissimus dorsi?
500
Runs across the lower part of the radius and ulna, turns the palm downward and inward.
What is the pronator?