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Muscle responsible for smiling - ANSWER✔ Zygomaticus major
Muscle responsible for "surprise" - ANSWER✔ Epicranial
The _______ muscles are four pairs of hyoid muscles inferior to the hyoid bone - ANSWER✔ Infrahyoid
The infrahyoid muscles include: (4) - ANSWER✔ -Omohyoid
-Sternohyoid
-Sternothyroid
-Thyrohoid
Orgin and Insterion of the masseter muscle: Both heads of the muscle originate the ____ ____ but from
differing locations. - ANSWER✔ Zygomatic arch
The _____ muscle passes inferiorly to insert onto the medial surface, apex and border of the coronoid
process of the mandible at the anteromedial border of the mandibular ramus. - ANSWER✔ Temporalis
If only the posterior part of the temporalis muscle contracts, the muscle moves the lower jaw backward,
which occurs with ____ of the mandible. - ANSWER✔ Retraction
The _____ muscle raises the eyebrows and scalp to show surprise - ANSWER✔ Epicranial
The ______ muscle is a thin quadrilateral muscle of facial expression that forms the anterior part of the
cheek or the lateral wall within the buccal region of the oral cavity - ANSWER✔ Buccinator
Muscles of facial expression include: - ANSWER✔ -Epicranial
-Orbicularis oculi
-Orbicularis oris
-Buccinator
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-Risorius
-Levator labii superioris
-Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
-Zygomaticus major
-Zygomaticus minor
-Levator anguli oris
-Depressor anguli oris
-Depressor labii inferioris
-Mentalis
-Platysma
The sternocleidomastoid muscle is a thick muscle of the neck, it serves as a primary muscular landmark
of the neck during an extraoral exam of a patient since it divides the neck region into anterior and
posterior ______ ________ - ANSWER✔ Cervical triangles
The extrinsic tongue muscles include: - ANSWER✔ -Styloglossus
-Hypglossus
-Genioglossus
All extrinsic tongue muscles are innervated by the ___ ___ or _____ nerve - ANSWER✔ -Twelfth cranial
-Hypoglossal
Intrinsic tongue muscles are found entirely _____ ____ ___ - ANSWER✔ Inside the tongue
The muscles of _____ or pharyngeal muscles are involved in speaking, swallowing, and middle ear
function. - ANSWER✔ Pharynx
The Styloglossus ____ the tongue - ANSWER✔ Retracts
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Orofacial Test #2
Muscle responsible for smiling - ANSWER✔ Zygomaticus major
Muscle responsible for "surprise" - ANSWER✔ Epicranial
The _______ muscles are four pairs of hyoid muscles inferior to the hyoid bone - ANSWER✔ Infrahyoid
The infrahyoid muscles include: (4) - ANSWER✔ -Omohyoid
-Sternohyoid
-Sternothyroid
-Thyrohoid
Orgin and Insterion of the masseter muscle: Both heads of the muscle originate the ____ ____ but from
differing locations. - ANSWER✔ Zygomatic arch
The _____ muscle passes inferiorly to insert onto the medial surface, apex and border of the coronoid
process of the mandible at the anteromedial border of the mandibular ramus. - ANSWER✔ Temporalis
If only the posterior part of the temporalis muscle contracts, the muscle moves the lower jaw backward,
which occurs with ____ of the mandible. - ANSWER✔ Retraction
The _____ muscle raises the eyebrows and scalp to show surprise - ANSWER✔ Epicranial
The ______ muscle is a thin quadrilateral muscle of facial expression that forms the anterior part of the
cheek or the lateral wall within the buccal region of the oral cavity - ANSWER✔ Buccinator
Muscles of facial expression include: - ANSWER✔ -Epicranial
-Orbicularis oculi
-Orbicularis oris
-Buccinator
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-Risorius
-Levator labii superioris
-Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
-Zygomaticus major
-Zygomaticus minor
-Levator anguli oris
-Depressor anguli oris
-Depressor labii inferioris
-Mentalis
-Platysma
The sternocleidomastoid muscle is a thick muscle of the neck, it serves as a primary muscular landmark
of the neck during an extraoral exam of a patient since it divides the neck region into anterior and
posterior ______ ________ - ANSWER✔ Cervical triangles
The extrinsic tongue muscles include: - ANSWER✔ -Styloglossus
-Hypglossus
-Genioglossus
All extrinsic tongue muscles are innervated by the ___ ___ or _____ nerve - ANSWER✔ -Twelfth cranial
-Hypoglossal
Intrinsic tongue muscles are found entirely _____ ____ ___ - ANSWER✔ Inside the tongue
The muscles of _____ or pharyngeal muscles are involved in speaking, swallowing, and middle ear
function. - ANSWER✔ Pharynx
The Styloglossus ____ the tongue - ANSWER✔ Retracts
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