Facial Muscles - Musculoskeletal - Flashcards

Question	Answer		Article
Which muscle closes the lips?	Obicularis oris		Link to Article
Name the major muscles of the face?	Buccinator muscle,masseter muscle, lateral and medial pterygoid, digastricus muscle, zygomaticus muscle, temporalis muscle, platysma muscle		Link to Article
Name the jaw opening muscle and its innervations	Digastricus Facial Nerve (CN VII) & Manidbular branch of Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)		Link to Article
Name the jaw closing muscles	Masseter, temporalis, lateral and medial Pterygoids		Link to Article
What is the innervation of the jaw closing muscles?	Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)		Link to Article
What are the functions of the lateral pterygoid?	Protrudes the jaw One-sided contraction to close jaw		Link to Article
What is the function of the medial pterygoid?	One-sided contraction to close jaw		Link to Article
What is the function of the masseter muscle?	Uni- and bi-lateral contractions to close jaw Prodrudes jaw		Link to Article
What does the styloglossus muscle do?	Raises the Tongue Retracts the Tongue		Link to Article
What does the genioglossus muscle do?	Protrudes the Tongue Depresses the Tongue		Link to Article
What does the hyoglossus muscle do?	Retracts the Tongue Depresses the Tongue		Link to Article
Name the muscles of the soft palate	Palatine muscle, Tensor velli palatini, Levator velli palatini, Palatopharyngeous		Link to Article
Name the intrinsic muscles of the larynx	Cricothyroid, Dorsal cricoarytenoid, Lateral cricoarytenoid, Thyroarytenoid, Transverse arytenoid		Link to Article
Which muscles constrict the pharynx?	Hyopharyngeous, Pterygopharyngeous, Palatopharyngeous, Thyropharyngeous, Cricopharyngeous		Link to Article
Which muscle dilates the pharynx?	Stlyopharyngeous		Link to Article
Which muscle shortens the pharynx?	Ptergopharyngeous		Link to Article
Which muscle closes the palatopharyngeal arch?	Palatopharyngeous		Link to Article
Name the mucles of the eye	Dorsal rectus, Lateral rectus, Ventral rectus, Medial rectus, Dorsal oblique, Ventral oblique, Retractor bulbi		Link to Article
Which mucles elevates the upper eyelid?	Levator palpebrae superioris		Link to Article
Which muscles control the outer ear?	Preauricular, Ventroauricular, Postauricular		Link to Article