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Muscles of the face
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Closes jaw and pulls mandible forward and backward | Temporalis |
| Closes jaw and retrudes mandible | Masseter |
| Protrudes jaw and opens mouth | Lateral pterygoid |
| Pulls mandible upward and forward and closes mouth | Medial pterygoid |
| Raises and lowers eyebrows | Frontalis |
| Puckers lips | Orbicularis oris |
| Compresses cheeks and lips | Buccinator |
| Pulls corner of lips up, back, and outward | Zygomatic |
| Pushes lower lip up | Mentalis |
| Rotates head right and left | Sternocleidomastiod |
| Depresses mandible and lower lip | Platysma |
| Moves the head to one side or backward | Trapezius |
| Depresses mandible and elevates hyoid bone | Digastric |
| Elevates and retracts hyoid bone | Stylohoid |
| Elevates hyoid bone and tongue and depresses mandible | Mylohyoid |
| Elevates hyoid and tongue and depresses mandible | Geniohyoid |
| Protrudes and depresses tongue | Genioglossus |
| Depresses down sides and retracts tongue | Hyoglossus |
| Brings tongue upward and backward | Styloglossus |
| Brings tongue upward during swallowing | Palatoglossus |