Cos Sci: Identify Chpt 06 - Muscles of the Head

Front

Epicranial aponeurosis

Back

A tough layer of dense fibrous tissue which covers the upper part of the cranium in humans and various other animals.

Front

Frontalis

Back

A muscle which covers parts of the forehead of the skull.

Front

Orbicularis oris

Back

A complex of muscles in the lips that encircles the mouth.

Front

Platysma

Back

A superficial muscle that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.

Front

Temporalis

Back

A broad, fan-shaped muscle on each side of the head that fills the temporal fossa.

Front

Trapezius

Back

A large superficial muscle that extends longitudinally from the occipital bone to the lower thoracic vertebrae and laterally to the spine of the scapula.

Front

Sternocleidomastoideus

Back

A paired muscle in the superficial layers of the side of the neck.

Front

Zygomaticus minor/major

Back

Muscles of facial expression which draw the upper lip backward, upward, and outward.

Front

Buccinator

Back

A thin quadrilateral muscle occupying the interval between the maxilla and the mandible at the side of the face.

Front

Orbicularis oculi

Back

A muscle in the face that closes the eyelids.