Details Title: A&P Final Exam Description: more muscles...oh yay Total Flash Cards: 5 Created: 04/30/2008 07:03:24		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Anatomy Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Orbicularis Oris Definition Muscle of the face Principal muscle of th lips Function: close the mouth and pucker the lips Important for the articulation of certain speech sounds  Term Buccinator Muscle Definition Also called Bugler's muscle Principle muscle of the cheek Deepest facial muscle Origin: pterygomandibular raphe and alvelor portions of the maxillae and mandible Insertion: Orbicularis Oris Function: chewing, moving food onto molars; draws the mouth latterally and compresses the lips and cheeks against the teeth  Term Risorious Muscle Definition Origin: posterior regio of the face parallel and superficial to the buccinator muscle Imsertion: the skin and mucosa that the corner of the mouth Function: contracts and retracts lips that the corners in a lateral direction (facilitates smiling)   Term Angular Facial muscles Definition Insertion: Mid-lateral region of the Orbicularis Oris Function: elevate the upper lip Elevators: Levator Labii Superion, Levator Labii Superior Alaque Nasal, Zygomatic Major, Zygomatic minor The Depressor Labii Inferior draws the lip downward and laterally Term Definition