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Head and Neck Muscle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Raises eyebrows | Frontalis |
| Blinks and closes eyes | Orbicularis oculi |
| Closes and protrudes lips | Orbicularis oris |
| Raises corner of mouth | Zygomaticus |
| Closes jaw | Temporalis |
| used for chewing | Masseter |
| Compresses cheek as in whistling and sucking;holds food between teeth during chewing. | Buccinator |
| Flexes neck; rotates head | sternocleidomastoid |
| Pulls corners of mouth inferiorly | Platysma |
| elevates and wrinkles skin of chin, protrudes lower lip | Mentalis |
| Compresses bridge of nose, depresses tip of nose, elevates corners of nostrils | Nasalis |
| Depression of the lower lips | Depressor labii inferioris |
| Depresses angle of mouth | Depressor anguli oris |
| Moves the scalp back | Occipitalis |
| tough layer of dense fibrous tissue which covers the upper part of the cranium; | cranial aponeurosis |
| Extends neck and adducts scapula | Trapezius |