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Head Muscles (Origin and Insertion)

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This sphincter muscle encircles the mouth.   Orbicularis Oris  
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The origin of the Orbicularis Oris.   Several facial muscles, maxilla, mandible, and nasal septum.  
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The insertion and action of the Orbicularis Oris muscle.   - Insertion: lips - Action: closes and puckers the lips  
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This sphincter muscle encircles the eyes.   Orbicularis Oculi  
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The origin of the Orbicularis Oculi.   Frontal and maxilla bones  
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The insertion and action of the Orbicularis Oris.   - Insertion: the eyelids - Action: closes the eyelids  
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The muscle that is compose of two muscular parts that lie over the frontal and occipital bones.   Epicranius  
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The Epicranius (composed of two muscular parts) are joined by the _______ _______, which covers the top of the skull.   Epicranial aponeurosis  
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The origin of the Frontalis muscle.   On the aponeurosis  
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The insertion of the Frontalis muscle.   On the soft tissue under the eyebrows  
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The origin of the Occiptalis.   On the mastoid process and occipital bone  
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The insertion of the Occiptalis.   On the aponeurosis  
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The action of the Frontalis.   Elevates the eyebrows and wrinkles the forehead  
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The action of the Occiptalis.   Pulls the scalp backward  
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The origin of the two (2) Zygomaticus muscles (one on each side).   Zygomatic arch and extends diagonally to their origin  
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The insertion of the two (2) Zygomaticus muscles.   Orbicularis Oris at the corner of the mouth.  
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Action of the two (2) Zygomaticus muscles.   Draws the corner of the mouth upward and backward as in smiling and laughing.  
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The origin of the Triangularis muscles.   Mandible  
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The insertion of the Triangularis muscles.   Orbicularis Oris at the corner of the mouth.  
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The Triangularis muscle is antagonist to what muscle?   Zygomaticus  
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