Head, Neck, and Face

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Head, Neck, and Face

• Kinesiology Flash Cards

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Directions

• The first slide asks a question.
• The second slide answers the question.
• Use these slides like flash cards to test your
  core knowledge.

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Question

• Where is the frontalis muscle?

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Answer

• The forehead

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Question

• Which bone is situated posterior to the two
  parietal bones to make up the back of the skull?

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Answer

• The occipital bone

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Question

• What is the action of the frontalis muscle?

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Answer

• The frontalis muscle raises the eyebrows and
  wrinkles the forehead.
• The frontalis muscle works with the occipitalis
  muscle. The two are connected via the sheet
  tendon that covers the top of the cranium.
• These muscles working together make a unit called
  the epicranius. The tendon that attaches these
  muscles together has two names 1) the epicranial
  aponeurosis and 2) the galea aponeurotica.

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Question

• What is the action of the occipitalis muscle?

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Answer

• The occipitalis muscle assists the frontalis
  muscle in raising the eyebrows.

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Question

• Which bone is commonly referred to as the jaw
  bone?

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Answer

• The mandible

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Question

• What is the action of the corrugator supercilii
  muscle?

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Answer

• The corrugator supercilii muscle brings the
  eyebrows together, making wrinkles between them.

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Question

• Which bones articulate to form the
  temporomandibular joint?

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Answer

• The mandibular condyle (mandible) articulates
  with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone.

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Question

• What type of joint is the temporomandibular
  joint?

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Answer

• Combination of a plane and hinge joint

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Question

• What types of movements are available at the
  temporomandibular joint?

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Answer

• Depression and elevation (hinge joint)
• Protraction and retraction (gliding joint)

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Question

• Which muscles open (depress) the jaw?

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Answer

• Primary
• External pterygoid
• Anterior head of the digastric
• Secondary
• Muscles attached to the hyoid bone
• Suprahyoid, digastric, stylohyoid, mylohyoid,
  geniohyoid, infrahyoid, sternohyoid, thyrohyoid,
  omohyoid

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Question

• Which muscles close (elevate) the jaw?

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Answer

• Primary
• Masseter
• Temporalis
• Secondary
• Internal pterygoid

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Question

• What is the origin and insertion of the
  sternocleidomastoid muscle?

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Answer

• Origin
• Superior margin of the sternum and the medial
  aspect of the clavicle
• Insertion
• Mastoid process of the temporal bone

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Question

• What are the general actions of the
  sternocleidomastoid muscle?

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Answer

• Bilaterally
• Flexes the neck
• Draws the head anteriorly
• Elevates the chin
• Unilaterally
• Rotates the head to the opposite side
• Laterally flexes the neck

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Question

• What is the origin and insertion of the scalene
  muscles?

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Answer

• Origin
• Transverse process of the cervical vertebrae
• Insertion
• Superior surface of the first two ribs

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Question

• What is the origin and insertion of the levator
  scapulae?

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Answer

• Origin
• Transverse processes of C1C4
• Insertion
• Superior part of the medial border of the scapula

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Question

• What actions does the trapezius perform at the
  neck and head?

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Answer

• Extends the head and neck

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Question

• What actions does levator scapulae perform at the
  neck?

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Answer

• Unilaterally
• Laterally flexes the neck to the same side
• Rotates the neck to the same side
• Bilaterally
• Extends the neck

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Question

• What muscle presses the cheeks against the teeth?
  (Hint this same muscle is used in holding the
  cheeks in when playing a trumpet.)

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Answer

• The buccinator

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Question

• What is the muscle that bulges at the temples
  when clenching the teeth?

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Answer

• The temporalis

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Question

• The joint between the first cervical vertebra and
  the second cervical vertebra is called ______.

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Answer

• The atlantoaxial joint
• The first cervical vertebrae is called the atlas
• The second cervical vertebrae is called the axis

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Question

• What type of joint is the atlantoaxial joint?

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Answer

• Pivot

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Question

• Which two bones form the atlantooccipital joint?

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Answer

• The superior facets of the first cervical
  vertebra (atlas) articulate with the occipital
  condyles of the occipital bone.

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Question

• Which muscle bulges at the cheeks when clenching
  the teeth?

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Answer

• The masseter

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Question

• What is the round muscle that surrounds the mouth?

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Answer

• Orbicularis oris

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Question

• What is the round muscle that surrounds each eye?

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Answer

• The orbicularis occuli