Muscle Identify Function

Which muscle elevates your jaw when you chew food?

• Platysma

• Buccinator

• Occipitalis

• Masseter

Muscle that closes your eye.

• Orbicularis oculi

• Orbicularis oris

• Epicranius

• Temporalis

Muscle that compresses cheeks inward when you blow out air.

• Buccinator

• Epicranius

• Masseter

• Occipitalis

Large neck muscle that pulls the head toward the chest.

• Jugular

• Sternocleidomastoid

• Platyma

• Trapezius

Large upper back muscle that can move the scapula in multiple directions.

• Sternocleidomastoid

• Pectoralis major

• Latissimus dorsi

• Trapezius

Large chest muscle that pulls the arm anteriorly across the chest.

• Teres major

• Deltoid

• Pectoralis major

• Trapezius

Muscles found in between your ribs that allow for forced inhalation and exhalation.

• External and Internal Intercostals

• Flexors of the ribs

• Serratus muscles

• Alveolaris muscles

Group of 3 muscles that flex your leg at the knee.

• Hamstrings

• Quadriceps

• Adductor group

• Vastus muscles

Group of 4 muscles on the anterior thigh that extend the leg at the knee.

• Hamstrings

• Quadriceps

• Gluteal muscles

• Tensor muscles

Lower leg muscle that allows you to stand on your tip toes (plantar flexion)

• Gastrocnemius

• Biceps femoris

• Tibialis anterior

• Sartorius