Neck Muscles Quiz

Definition: Extend, rotate, and laterally flex the head

• semispinalis capitis

• epicranial aponeurosis

• splenius capitis

• nasalis

Definition: Elevates, depresses, retracts, and rotates the scapula; rotates the arm.

• Sternocleidomastoid

• Temporalis

• Masseter

• Trapezius

Definition: Raises upper lip as in a snarl; flares nostrils in disgust.

• orbicularis oris

• levator labii superioris

• mentalis

• depressor anguli oris

Definition: smiling muscle

• Masseter

• Orbicularis Oris

• Buccinator

• Zygomaticus

Definition: flexes neck; rotates head to opposite side

• Sternocleidomastoid

• Trapezius

• Temporalis

• Masseter

Definition: Tendon that connects the occipitalis and frontalis muscles.

• frontalls

• temporalls

• epicranial aponeurosis

• orbicularis oculi

Definition: Frowning muscle.

• buccinator

• mentalis

• orbicularis oris

• depressor anguli oris

Closes eyelids; used in blinking, winking, and squinting.

• buccinator

• orbicularis oculi

• occipitalis

• frontalis

Definition: flares nostrils

• Procerus

• Nasalis

• Mentalis

• Frontalis

Identify the muscle that pulls the scalp posteriorly.

• Occipitalis

• Temporalis

• Orbicularis oris