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D-A&P U4 Vocab

Dental A&P Unit 4 Vocab for Mrs. Kaspar's Class

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Action movement accomplished by a muscle when the muscle fibers contract
Facial Paralysis loss of action of the facial muscles
Insertion end of the muscle that is attached to the more moveable structure
Muscle type of body tissue that shortens under neural control, causing soft tissue and bony structures to move
Origin end of the muscle that is attached to the least moveable structure
Skeletal Muscles voluntary muscles, appear stiped microscopically (striated), many nuclei
What are the two cervical muscles? sternocleidomastoid and trapezius
Sternocleidomastoid (SCM) flexes or tilts the head...
Cardiac Muscles involuntary, involving the heart, branched with 1-2 nuclei
Smooth Muscles involuntary, in the walls of hollow organs and blood vessels, spindle, 1 nuclei
Arteries carry blood away from the heart
Vein carry blood to the heart
Where is the insertion for facial muscles the skin
What can cause an inability to form facial expressions damage to the seventh cranial/nerve
Masseter Muscle muscle of mastication, one of the strongest muscles
Mastication chewing
Epicranial Muscle in the scalp region, raises eyebrows
Orbicularis Oculi Muscle opens/closes eyelid
Corrugator Supercillii Muscle medial wrinkle between eyebrows
Chemodenervation botox
Procerus pulls eyebrow medial end down as in a frown or squint
Dilator Naris pulls down on nostrils in a flare/dilation
Compressor Naris closing and compressing of nostrils
Orbicularis Oris Muscle closes the lips, pursing the lips (kissing muscle)
Lip Incompetence failure to provide a lip seal can affect the position of the teeth
Buccinator Muscle muscle of mastication, quadrilateral muscle that forms the anterior part of the cheek or lateral wall within the buccal region
Pterygomandibular Raphe tendinous band posterior to the most distal mandibular molar, spans between the mandibular ramus and the middle palate
Risorius Muscle thine, in the oral region in a smiling or grimace
Levator Labii Superioris broad and flat muscle, smiling/uplift (elvis muscle)
Zygomaticus Major Muscle lateral to the minor
Zygomaticus Minor elevates the upper lip (smiling)
Levator Anguli Oris Muscle elevates the labial commisure (smilling)
Deppresor Anguli Oris Muscle depresses the labial commisure (frowning)
Deppresor Labii Inferioris Muscle depresses lower lip
Mentalis Muscle raises chin
Platysma Muscle raises neck skin
Are muscle of the ear paired? yes
Anterior Auricular Muscles arise from connective scalp tissue, run posterior to the anterior ear, pulls ears forward
Superior Auricular Muscles raises the ear
Posterior Auricular muscles pulls ears back
Are the scalp muscles paired? yes
Platysma the only neck muscle that affects facial expression
Corrugator pulls up the eyebrow medially and down in a frown
Levator Palpebrae Superioris raises the upper eyelid
Do the mouth muscles aid in mastication yes
Muscles of mastication temporalis, masseter, medial and lateral pterygoid, and the buccinator
Masseter most powerful, elevates the mandible, originates from two areas on the zygomatic arch
Temporal Muscle elevates and detrudes mandible, fan-shaped, originates from temporal fossa
Medial Pterygoid Muscle elevates the mandible, attaches to the medial of the mandibular angle
Lateral Pterygoid Muscle opens mandible, fibers that run primarily horizontally
Suprahyoid above the hyoid; includes the digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid, and stylohyoid
Infrahyoid below the hyoid; includes the omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid, and thyrohyoid
Digastric retrudes the mandible, can lift the hyoid bone and pulls up the larynx, and helps pull the mandible down
Mylohyoid forms the mouth floor
Geniohyoid depresses mandible or elevates the hyoid
Stylohyoid pulls hyoid up and back
Omohyoid brings up the hyoid bone
Sternohyoid pulls hyoid
Sternothyroid pulls larynx down
Thyrohyoid lifts thyroid/larynx or depresses hyoid
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