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muscles - head, neck, face
attachments/actions, trail guide to the body
9
Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
10/02/2008

Additional Anatomy Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term

Scalenes   

 

O - Transverse processes C2-C7

 

I - Ribs 1 and 2

              

Definition

ACTIONS

 

*Elevates ribs

*inhalation

*flex neck

 

*Rotate head/neck to opposite side

 

Term

Masseter     

     

O - Zygomatic Arch

I - Angle and ramus of mandible

   

Definition

ACTIONS

 

*Elevate Mandible

 

Term

Temporalis

 

O - Temporal fossa and fascia

I - Coronoid process of mandible

Definition

ACTIONS

 

*Elevate and retract mandible

Term

Suprahyoids

Geniohyoid, mylohyoid,

stylohyoid

Definition

O - underside mandible, styloid process

 

I - Hyoid bone

Term

Infrahyoids

sternohyoid, thyrohyoid,

omohyoid

Definition

O - Superior border scapula, manubrium

 

I - Hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage

Term

Platysma

 

O - Fascia covering superior part of pectoralis major

 

I - Edge of mandible, skin lower part of face

Definition

ACTIONS

 

*Assist in depressing mandible
*Tighten fascia of neck
Term

Occipitalis

 

O - Galea aponeurotica

I - Superior nuchal line of occiput

Definition

ACTIONS

 

*Anchor/retract Galea A. posteriorly

 

 

Term

Frontalis

 

O - Galea aponeurotica

I - skin over eyebrows

Definition

ACTIONS

 

*Raise eyebrows

 

*Wrinkle forehead

Term

Sternocleidomastoid

 

O - Top of manubrium, medial 1/3 clavicle

I - Mastoid process temporal bone

Definition

ACTIONS

 

*Laterally flex head to same side

*Rotate head opposite side

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