Chapter 6 after page 205 Flashcards
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Facial muscles are unique because they are inserted into
soft tissues such as other muscles or skin
Types of facial muscles
Frontalis Orbicularis Oculi Orbicularis Oris Buccinator Zygomaticus
Frontalis
Raises eyebrows
wrinkly forehead
covers the posterior aspect of the skull
Orbicularis Oculi
Fibers that run circles around the eyes
Allows you to close your eyes, squint and blink
Orbicularis Oris
Circular muscle of the mouth
“Kissing” muscle
Buccinator
Also listed as the chewing muscle
Holds the food between the teeth during chewing
Zygomaticus
“Smiling” muscle
Raises the corners of the mouth upward
Types of chewing muscles
Masseter
Tempolaris
Masseter
Covers the angle of the lower jaw
Closes the jaw by elevating the mandible
Tempolaris
fan shaped muscle
Synergist of the masseter in closing the jaw
Types of neck muscles
Platysma
Sternocleidomastoid
Plastysma
single sheetlike muscle
pulls the mouth inferiorly
Sternocleidomastoid
Paired muscles
Sternum and clavicle
When both of them contract together, they flex your neck
“Prayer” muscles
Trunk muscles include
- Those that move the vertebral column
- Anterior thorax muscles, which move the ribs, head and arms
- Muscles of the abdominal wall, which help to move the vertebral column and most important, form the muscular “natural girdle” of the abdominal body wall.
Types of Anterior Muscles
Pectoralis Major
Intercostal Muscles
Pectoralis Major
Large fan shaped muscle covering the upper part of the chest.
Forms the anterior wall of the axilla
Acts to adduct and flex the arm
Intercostal Muscles
Deep muscles found between the ribs
External intercostals, raise the rib cage while inhaling
Internal intercostals, depress the rib cage while exhaling
Muscles of the Abdominal Girdle
Rectus Abdominis
External Oblique
Internal Oblique
Transverse Abdominis
Muscles of the Abdominal Girdle form what?
A natural girdle that reinforces the body trunk
Rectus abdominis
Paired straplike muscles
Most superficial muscles of the abdomen
Main function is to flex the vertebral column
Compress the adbominal contents during defecation and childbirth and are involved in forced breathing
External oblique
Mlakeup the lateral walls of the abdomen
Form the last 8 ribs
Flex the vertebral column
Rotate the trunk and bend it laterally
Internal oblique
Run at right angles
Arise from the illiac crest and insert into the last 3 ribs
Same functions as the external obliques
Transverse Abdominis
Deepest muscle of the abdominal wall
Compresses the abdominal contents
Types of posterior Muscles
Trapezious Latissimus Dorsi Erector Spinae Quadratus Lumborum Deltoid