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Stack #129201
| Muscle | Origin | Insertion | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sternoclamastoid | Sternal head: Top of the manibrum Clavicular head: medial 1/3 clavical | mastoid process and the later portion of the superior nuchal line of the occiput | Unilaterally: Laterally flex anad rotate head and neck to the same and opposite side Bilaterally: flex head and neck assist in inhalation |
| Anterior Scalene | Transverse processes of the 3-6 cervical vertebrae | First rib | Unilaterally: laterally flex head and neck to same side. rotate head and neck to opposite side. Bilaterally: Elevate the ribs during inhalation. flex head and neck |
| Middle Scalene | Transverse processes of 2-7 cervical vertebrae | First rib | Unilaterally: laterally flex head and neck to same side. rotate head and neck to opposite side. Bilaterally: Elevate the ribs during inhalation |
| Posterior Scalene | Transverse processes of the 5-6 cervical vertebrae | Second rib | Unilaterally: laterally flex head and neck to same side when ribs are fixed. Rotate head and neck to opposite side. Bilaterally: Elevate the ribs during inhalation |
| Masseter | Zygomatic Arch | Angle and Ramus of mandible | Elevate mandible |
| Temporalis | Temporal fossa and fascia | Coronoid processes of the mandible | elevate the mandible. retract mandible |
| Platysma | Fascia covering superior part of the pectoralis major | base of mandible, skin of lower part of the face | assist in depression of the mandible. tighten the fascia of the neck |
| Occipitofrontalis | Galea Aponeurotica | Frontalis: skin over the eyebrows. Occiptials: superoir nuchal line of the occiput | Frontalis: raise eyebrows and wrinke forhead. Occiptalalis: anchor and retract galea posteriorly |
| Medial pterygoid | medial surface of the ptyergoid plate of the sheniod bone and tuberosity of the maxilla | medial surface of the ramus of the mandible | laterally deviate the mandible to the opposite. elevate mandbile. protract the mandible |
| Lateral pterygoid | Superior head: infratemporal surface of the greater crest of the sphenoid bone. Inferior head: lateral surface of the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. | articular disc and capsule or the temporomandibular joint, neck of mandible | laterally deviate mandible to oppostie side. protract mandible |