Worksheetsgrudge muscles head/neck/face muscles 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which muscles are involved in blinking eyes?
(a)
Watch the top of the nose wiggle. Which muscles are involved in wiggling the nose?
orbicularis oculi
zygomatic major
buccinator
platysma
nasalis
When this dog smiles, it pulls the lips upwards. Which of these muscles move the lips upwards?
depressor anguli oris
zygomatic major
levator labii superioris
nasalis
Watch the cats ears move. Which muscles are responsible for moving the ears?
temporalis
occipitalis
mentalis
frontalis
depressor anguli oris
Watch the eyebrow. Which muscle is responsible for the movement of the eyebrow?
nasalis
orbicularis oris
frontalis
zygomatic minor
platysma
Watch these heads turn. Which pair of muscles helps turn the head?
sternocleidomastoid and occipitalis
levator labii superioris and trapezius
sternocleidomastoid and temporalis
platysma and sternocleidomastoid
Watch the bottom lip. Which pair of muscles moves the lip into the pout (pulls the lip down)?
depressor labii inferiors and mentalis
levator labii superiors and frontalis
depressor anguli oris and nasalis
orbicularis oris and risorius
Watch the very corner of the mouth. Which muscle pulls the corners of the lip downwards?
depressor anguli oris
depressor labii inferiors
levator labii superiors
mentalis
Watch the shoulders shrug. Which muscles help pull the shoulders up into a shrug?
trapezius
sternocleidomastoid
levator labii superioris
occipitalis
Watch the corner of the lip. Which muscle pulls the lips to the side?
buccinator
risorius
masseter
nasalis
Watch the chewing. Which muscle is responsible for closing the jaw?
buccinator
risorius
masseter
sternocleidomastoid
Watch the nostrils. Which muscles move the nostrils?
buccinator
risorius
levator labii superiors
depressor labii inferioris
Watch the skin on the scalp move. Which two muscles are needed to move the skin?
zygomatic minor and major
depressor anguli oris and nasalis
temporalis and mentalis
occipitalis and frontalis
Which muscle helps keep the food inside the teeth and oral cavity?
buccinator
risorius
masseter
nasalis
Watch the cheek. When the jaw clenches, which muscle was engaged?
buccinator
risorius
masseter
zygomatic major
What muscle sticks the tongue out of the mouth?
hyoglossus
styloglossus
genioglossus
masseter
When the tongue is moved up, which muscle moves it?
styloglossus
hyoglossus
genioglossus
buccinator
Watch the tongue move down. Which muscle pulls it down in the center?
styloglossus
genioglossus
hyoglossus
risorius
Which muscle closes the lips?
buccinator
risorius
masseter
orbicularis oculi
orbicularis oris
Which muscle is responsible for the appearance of the chin dent?
(a)
