MOVING EXAM—MUSCLE

• FRONTALIS

  ACTION: RAISES EYEBROWS

  
• TEMPORALIS

  ACTION: ELEVATES MANDIBLE

  
• OCCIPITALIS

  ACTION: TENSES AND RETRACTS SCALP

  
• MASSETER

  ACTION: ELEVATES MANDIBLE

  
• PTERYGOIDS

  ACTION: ELEVATE

  
• BUCCINATOR

  ACTION: COMPRESSES CHEEKS

  
• ORBICULARIS ORIS

  ACTION: PURSES LIPS

  
• DEPRESSOR ANGULI ORIS

  ACTION: DEPRESSES CORNER OF MOUTH

  
• ZYGOMATICUS

  ACTION: DRAWS CORNER OF MOUTH BACK AND UP

  
• ORBICULARIS OCULI

  ACTION: CLOSES EYES

  
• NASALIS

  ACTION: FLARING NOSTRILS

  
• PROCERUS

  ACTION: DEPRESSES MEDIAL END OF EYEBROWS

  
• CORRUGATOR SUPERCILII

  ACTION: LOWERING EYEBROW

  
• DEPRESSOR LABII INFERIORIS

  ACTION: LOWERING LOWER LIP

  
• LEVATOR LABII ALAEQUE NASI

  ACTION: WIDENS THE NOSTRIL AND ELEVATE UPPER LIP

  
• LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS

  ACTION: RAISING UPPER LIP

  
• EXTERNAL OBLIQUE

  ACTION: COMPRESSES ABDOMEN

  
• INTERNAL OBLIQUE

  ACTION: COMPRESSES ABDOMEN

  
• TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS

  ACTION: COMPRESSES ABDOMEN

  
• RECTUS ABDOMINIS

  ACTION: DEPRESSES RIBS

  
• Digastric

  
  

  • Depresses Mandible and/or Elevates Larynx
• Stylohyoid

  
  

  • Elevates Larynx
• Sternocleidomastoid

  
  

  • The both side together flex the neck
• Iliocostalis

  
  

  • Extends Vertebral Column or moves laterally to that side
  • Moves Ribs
• Spinalis

  
  

  • The two side act together to extend vertebral column
• Platysma

  
  

  • Depresses Mandible
• Longissimus

  
  

  • The two side act together to extend vertebral column
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  Splenius Capitis

  • The two side act together to extend the neck
• Omohyoid

  
  

  • Depress the hyoid bone and larynx
• Mylohyoid

  
  

  • Elevates floor of mouth and hyoid
  • Depresses Mandible
• Sternothyroid

  
  

  • Depresses hyoid bone and larynx
• Sternohyoid

  
  

  • Depresses Hyoid Bone and Larynx
• Semispinalis Capitis

  
  

  • Two side act together to extend the neck
• Iliacus

  
  

  • Flexion at hip and/or intervertebral joints
• Serratus Anterior

  
  

  • Protects Shoulder
• Psoas Major

  
  

  • Flexion at hip and/or Intervertebral Joints
• Pectoralis Minor

  
  

  • Depresses and adducts shoulder
• Subsclavius

  
  

  • Depresses and protracts shoulder
• Levator Scapulae

  
  

  • Elevates Scapula
• Trapezius

  
  

  • Elevation