MUSCLE ID (facial, thoracic & abdominal)

• Temporalis

  Is for elevating the mandible

  Origin: temporal bone

  Insertion: Mandible (coronoid process)

  
• Nasalis is for flaring the nostrils

  
• Procerus is for wrinkling the nose

  
• Orbicularis Oculi is for blinking

  
• levator labii superiors is for elevating the upper lips

  
• Zygomaticus Major and minor is for elevates the corner of the mouth

  
• Risorius is for pulling the corner of the mouth laterally

  
• depressor anguli oris is to pull down the corner of the mouth

  
• depressor labii inferioris is for pulling down the lower lip

  
• buccinator is for pullling the cheeks closer to each other

  
• masseter

  is for elevation of manible like the temporalis

  Origin: Zygomatic Bone

  Insertion: Mandible (ramus)

  
• orbicularis oris is for puckering the lips and forming a pout

  
• mentalis is for gentle elevation of the mandible

  
• strenocleidomastoid

  is for flexion of head and neck

  Origin: Sternum or Clavicle

  Insertion: Temporal Bone

  
• Diaphragm

  Is responsible for inspiration

  Origin: Margin of thoracic cage

  Insertion: Central tendon of diaphragm

  
• External Intercostal Muscle

  Responsible for inspiration

  Origin: Rib

  Insertion: Rib

  
• Internal Intercostal Muscle

  Responsible for expiration

  Origin: Rib

  Insertion: Rib

  
• Rectus Abdominis |||||

  Flexes and rotates lumbar vertebrae

  Origin: Pubic Bone

  Insertion: Sternum

  
• transversus abdominis ----

  compress abdomen

  Origin: Ilium (Iliac Crest) or Rib

  Insertion: Pubis

  
• External Oblique \\\

  Compress the abdominal wall

  Origin: Rib

  Insertion: Ilium / linea alba

  
• Internal Oblique///

  Compression of the abdominal wall

  Origin: Ilium

  Insertion: Pubi

  
• Frontalis

  Wrinkling of the forehead

  
• Occipitalis

  Pulling the scalp to itself