IUPUI Anatomy Exam 3 Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: buccinator
Answer: compresses cheek, mastication
Question 2: orbicualris oris
Answer: compresses and purses lips
Question 3: Risorius
Answer: Draws corner of mouth to the side
Question 4: zygomatic major
Answer: retracts and elevates corner of mouth
Question 5: zygomaticus minor
Answer: retracts and elevates upper lip
Question 6: orbicularis oculi
Answer: close eye
Question 7: Occipitofrontalis
Answer: raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead
Question 8: occipital belly
Answer: Tenses and retracts scalp
Question 9: platysma
Answer: tenses skin of neck, depresses mandible
Question 10: masseter
Answer: closes jaw and elevates mandible
Question 11: Temporalis
Answer: closes jaw, elevates and retracts mandible, mastication
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, Question 12: digastric
Answer: depresses mandible, open mouth, elevate larynx
Question 13: omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid
Answer: depresses hyoid bone and larynx
Question 14: Sternocleidomastoid
Answer: together: flex the neck, Alone: bends neck and turn face opposite side
Question 15: splenius
Answer: Together: extend neck, Alone: move head to that side
Question 16: Erractor spinae
Answer: iliocostalis, longissmus, spinalis
Question 17: spinalis
Answer: extends vertebral column
Question 18: Longissimus
Answer: Extends and laterally flexes vertebral column
Question 19: Iliocostalis
Answer: Extends and flexes laterally vertebral column
Question 20: Quadratus Lumborum
Answer: together: depress ribs, Alone: lateral flexion of vertebral column
Question 21: Scalenes
Answer: elevate ribs or flex neck
Question 22: external oblique
Answer: compresses abdomen, depresses ribs, and flexes laterally and rotates vertebral column to opposite
side
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Question 1: buccinator
Answer: compresses cheek, mastication
Question 2: orbicualris oris
Answer: compresses and purses lips
Question 3: Risorius
Answer: Draws corner of mouth to the side
Question 4: zygomatic major
Answer: retracts and elevates corner of mouth
Question 5: zygomaticus minor
Answer: retracts and elevates upper lip
Question 6: orbicularis oculi
Answer: close eye
Question 7: Occipitofrontalis
Answer: raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead
Question 8: occipital belly
Answer: Tenses and retracts scalp
Question 9: platysma
Answer: tenses skin of neck, depresses mandible
Question 10: masseter
Answer: closes jaw and elevates mandible
Question 11: Temporalis
Answer: closes jaw, elevates and retracts mandible, mastication
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, Question 12: digastric
Answer: depresses mandible, open mouth, elevate larynx
Question 13: omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid
Answer: depresses hyoid bone and larynx
Question 14: Sternocleidomastoid
Answer: together: flex the neck, Alone: bends neck and turn face opposite side
Question 15: splenius
Answer: Together: extend neck, Alone: move head to that side
Question 16: Erractor spinae
Answer: iliocostalis, longissmus, spinalis
Question 17: spinalis
Answer: extends vertebral column
Question 18: Longissimus
Answer: Extends and laterally flexes vertebral column
Question 19: Iliocostalis
Answer: Extends and flexes laterally vertebral column
Question 20: Quadratus Lumborum
Answer: together: depress ribs, Alone: lateral flexion of vertebral column
Question 21: Scalenes
Answer: elevate ribs or flex neck
Question 22: external oblique
Answer: compresses abdomen, depresses ribs, and flexes laterally and rotates vertebral column to opposite
side
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