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Muscles of facial expression

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the muscle that encircles the mouth?

a)

orbicularis oculi

b)

frontalis

c)

orbicularis oris

d)

platysma

e)

temporalis

2.

Making one's jaw move side-to-side will activate the

a)

masseter

b)

Pterygoids

c)

Infrahyoids

d)

platysma

e)

temporalis

3.

Raising one eyebrow at a time is performed by the

a)

Epicranius

b)

Zygomaticus

c)

Depressor angulii

d)

Orbicularis Oris

e)

gluteus maximus

4.

Which muscle will aid in blowing forcefully out the mouth, as if to play a musical instrument?

a)

Buccinator

b)

masseter

c)

Mentalis

d)

zygomaticus

e)

orbicularis oris

5.

Squinting your eyes is a product of the

a)

Frontalis

b)

Orbicularis Oris

c)

Orbicularis Occuli

d)

zygomaticus

e)

platysma

6.

This muscle originates at the cheekbone and draws the corners of the mouth up when you smile

a)

Orbicularis Oris

b)

Zygomaticus Major

c)

Buccinator

d)

Masseter

e)

occipitalis

7.

This large, flat muscle inserts along the mandible and pulls your lip down as in grumpy cat

a)

Buccinator

b)

Platysma

c)

Medial Pterygoid

d)

Lateral Pterygoid

e)

Orbicularis oculi

8.

This muscle is named for the chewing action it produces

a)

Buccinator

b)

Masseter

c)

Lateral Pterygoid

d)

Medial Pterygoid

e)

temporalis

9.

This muscle is named for its origin on the side of the head and it inserts on the mandible.

a)

Epicranius

b)

Temporalis

c)

Lateral pterogoid

d)

Medial pterogoid

e)

masseter

10.

What muscle allows you to smile?

a)

Triangularis

b)

Orbicularis oris

c)

depressor angularis

d)

Zygomaticus

e)

buccinator

11.

What muscle allows you to raise your eyebrows?

a)

orbicularis oculi

b)

frontalis

c)

occipitalis

d)

temporalis

e)

Rockimus maximus

12.

What muscle is the agonist (prime mover) for mastication?

a)

temporalis

b)

internal pterygoid

c)

masseter

d)

buccinator

e)

buccinator

13.

What muscle allows you to wink or squint?

a)

orbicularis oris

b)

frontalis

c)

orbicularis oculi

d)

triangularis

e)

zygomaticus

14.
a)

Masseter

b)

Buccinator

c)

Zygomaticus Major

d)

Zygomaticus Minor

e)

orbicularis oris

15.
a)

Orbicularis Oris

b)

Orbicularis Oculi

c)

zygomaticus

d)

Occipitals

e)

platysma

16.
a)

Orbicularis Oris

b)

Orbicularis Oculi

c)

Corrugator

d)

Frontalis

e)

depressor anguli

17.

Which muscle is labeled 2

a)

orbicularis oculi

b)

platysma

c)

frontalis

d)

occipitals

e)

zygomaticus

18.

Which muscle is labeled B

a)

Temporalis

b)

Frontalis

c)

Parietals

d)

Masseter

e)

Lateral pterogoids

19.

Which muscle is labeled F

a)

zygomaticus

b)

masseter

c)

temporalis

d)

platysma

20.

Which muscle is labeled I

a)

platysma

b)

sternocleidomastoid

c)

trapezius

d)

masseter

21.

Which muscle is labeled 7

a)

masseter

b)

trapezius

c)

zygomaticus

d)

platysma