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| Raises lateral corners of the mouth (smile) |
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| Raises later corners of the mouth (smile) |
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Elevates mandible; maintains position of mandible at rest
Origin - Temporal fossa
Insertion - Coronoid process of Mandible |
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| Elevates and retracts hyoid bone |
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Retracts and elevates sides of tongue
Origin - Styloid process of temporal bone
Insertion - inferiolateral tongue |
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Flexes head, rotates head, and flexes head laterally.
Origin - Manubrium of sternum; medial end of clavicle
Insertion - Mastoid process of temporal bone; superior nuchal line of occipital bone |
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| Draws corners of the mouth laterally; synergist with zygomaticus |
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| Closes lips; purses and protrudes lips |
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| Elevates hyoid and floor of mouth for swallowing |
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| Wrinkles chin and protrudes lower lip |
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Protrudes mandible; side-to-side chewing motions
Origin - Pterygoid process of sphenoid
Insertion - Angle of the mandible (medial side) |
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Prime mover to elevate mandible
Origin - zygomatic arch
Insertion - Ramus of mandible |
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Depresses tongue
Origin - Hyoid bone
Insertion - Inferior aspect of tongue |
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| Pulls hyoid bone anterior and superior |
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| Depresses and protracts tongue |
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| Epicranial (Frontalis/Occipitalis) |
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Frontalis - Elevates the eyebrows
Occipitalis - Holds aponeurosis/pulls scalp posteriorily |
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| Depresses mandible (opens mouth) |
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| Depressor labii inferioris |
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| Draws lower lip inferiorily |
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| Draws corners of mouth down and lateral |
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| Draws eyebrow together and inferiorily |
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