Facial Muscles, Mastication, and Tongue

Question 1

Which muscle compresses the cheek?

Answer 1

Buccinator

Question 2

Which muscle creates suction? Eg a straw

Answer 2

Buccinator

Question 3

What actions does the buccinator help perform?

Answer 3

Suction, whistling, playing the trumpet

Question 4

What is the difference between the buccinator and the risorius?

Answer 4

Is differentiated from risorius because the buccinator is a bigger muscle

Question 5

Which muscle wrinkles the skin of the chin?

Answer 5

Mentalis

Question 6

Which muscle is used to pout?

Answer 6

Mentalis

Question 7

What shape are mentalis muscles?

Answer 7

“V” shaped

Question 8

What muscle raises the upper lip?

Answer 8

Lavator labii superioris

Question 9

Which muscle causes a sneer or snarl?

Answer 9

Levator labii superioris

Question 10

Which muscle flares just the nostril/nare?

And spell

Answer 10

Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Question 11

Which levator labii muscle is longer?

Answer 11

The lavator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Question 12

Which two muscles raise the upper lip?

Answer 12

Levator labii superioris

Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Question 13

Which muscle lowers the lower lip?

Answer 13

Depressor labii inferioris

Question 14

Which facial expression does the depressor labii inferioris create?

Answer 14

Pout

Question 15

What muscle closes the lips?

Answer 15

Orbicularis oris

Question 16

Which muscle aids is speech?

Answer 16

Orbicularis oris

Question 17

This muscle protrudes lips as in kissing.

Answer 17

Orbicularis oris

Question 18

Which muscle depresses the corners of the mouth?

Answer 18

Depressor anguli oris

Question 19

Which facial expression does the depressor anguli oris create?

Answer 19

Grimace

Question 20

What is the antagonist of the depressor anguli oris?

Answer 20

Levator anguli oris

Question 21

Which muscle brings up the corners of the mouth?

Answer 21

Levator anguli oris

Question 22

Which muscle expresses smiles and laughter?

Answer 22

Levator anguli oris

Question 23

What muscle is synergistic with the elevator anguli oris?

Answer 23

Zygomaticus major

Question 24

What does the nasalis muscle do?

Answer 24

Widens the whole nostril during inhalation

Question 25

Which muscle creates horizontal wrinkles between the eyes?

Answer 25

Procerus

Question 26

Which muscles are responsible for the creases between the eyes?

Answer 26

Procerus- horizontal | Corrugator supercilli- vertical

Question 27

Which muscle draws down the medial angle of the eyebrows?

Answer 27

Procerus

Question 28

The procures provides ______ help with eye frown.

Answer 28

Slight

Question 29

Which muscle elevates the mandible for forceful biting?

Answer 29

Masseter

Question 30

Which muscles elevate the mandible?

Answer 30

Masseter Medial pterygoid Temporalis

Question 31

What is the origin and insertion of the master?

Answer 31

Origin: Zygomatic arch Insertion: Lateral (outside) surface of mandibular ramus and angle

Question 32

The masseter is ________ to the buccinator.

Answer 32

Shallow/ on top of

Question 33

Which muscle elevates and protrudes the mandible?

Answer 33

Medial pterygoid

Question 34

Which muscles are responsible for lateral and medial excursion of the mandible?

Answer 34

Medial pterygoid | Lateral pterygoid

Question 35

Where does the medial pterygoid insert?

Answer 35

Inserts on medial mandible (inside)

Question 36

Which two muscles insert on opposite aspects of the mandible?

Answer 36

Masseter: Lateral (outside) | Medial Pterygoid: Medial (inside)

Question 37

Which muscles depresses the mandible?

Answer 37

Lateral pterygoid

Question 38

Which muscle opens the mouth?

Answer 38

Lateral pterygoid

Question 39

The intrinsic muscles of the tongue are _______ the tongue.

Answer 39

Inside

Question 40

What do the intrinsic muscles of the tongue do?

Answer 40

Mainly concerned in altering the shape of the tongue and talking

Question 41

What is the fan-shaped muscle that forms the bulk of the interior tongue?

Answer 41

Genioglossus

Question 42

To stick your tongue out the _______ is used, and to pull it back in, the _______ is used.

Answer 42

Genioglossus | Styloglossus

Question 43

What is sticking out the tongue called?

Answer 43

Protrude the apex

Question 44

What does the genioglossus do the medial tongue?

Answer 44

It creates a groove that helps push food back

Question 45

Why doesn't the tongue block the airway?

Answer 45

Because the genioglossus is attached and keeps the tongue from falling back

Question 46

Which muscle depresses the sides of the tongue?

Answer 46

Hyoglossus

Question 47

What bone is the hyoglossus attached to?

Answer 47

Hyoid

Question 48

Which muscle elevates and retracts the tongue?

Answer 48

Styoglossus

Question 49

What bone is the styoglossus attached to?

Answer 49

Styloid process of the temporal bone

Question 50

Which muscle elevates the sides of the posterior tongue?

Answer 50

Palatoglossus

Question 51

This muscle elevates the sides of the tongue, while this muscle depresses the sides of the tongue.

Answer 51

Palatoglossus | Hyoglossus

Question 52

Which muscle pulls the sides of the soft palate down to the tongue?

Answer 52

Palatoglossus

Question 53

What does the palatoglossus form at the back of the oral cavity?

Answer 53

Palatoglossal arch

Question 54

Which muscle elevates the hyoid?

Answer 54

Stylohyoid

Question 55

What is the function of the stylohyoid?

Answer 55

Retracts the hyoid, pulls it up and back

Question 56

Which muscle elongates the mouth during swallowig?

Answer 56

Stylohyoid

Question 57

Which two muscles attach to the hyoid?

Answer 57

Stylohyoid | Hyoglossus

Question 58

What does the temporalis muscle do?

Answer 58

Elevates the mandible for biting/chewing

Question 59

The temporalis muscle ________ the mandible. (movement)

Answer 59

Retracts

Question 60

What is the origin of the temporalis?

Answer 60

Temporal lines of the parietal and frontal bones

Question 61

What is the insertion of the temporalis?

Answer 61

Coronoid process of the mandible

Question 62

What is the function of the temporalis?

Answer 62

Biting, chewing, retraction of mandible

Question 63

Which muscle protrudes the lower lip?

Answer 63

Mentalis