Muscles of the Face, Head, and Neck questions and answers graded A+ Already passed!

Muscles of the Face, Head, and Neck questions and answers graded A+ Already passed!Frontalis raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead Occipitalis pulls scalp posteriorly Orbicularis Oculi closes eye; produces winking, blinking, squinting ("blink" muscle) Orbicularis oris Closes and protrudes lips; used in whistling and forming many letters during speech; the "kissing muscle" Zygomaticus elevates corner of mouth; "smiling" muscle Buccinator compresses cheek as in blowing sucking whistling; holds food between teeth during chewing Platysma Draws down the lower lip and angles of the mouth; tenses skin of the neck; helps depress mandible Masseter chewing muscle; closes mouth Temporalis closes jaw, elevates and retracts mandible Stylohyoid Elevates and retracts hyoid bone"swallow" Sternocleidomastoid flexes neck; rotates head Splenius capitus Extends head