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Major Skeletal Muscles of the Body

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Most medial muscle of the neck; thin; depresses larynx   sternohyoid  
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Slender muscle that parallels the posterior belly of the diagnostic muscle; elevates and retracts hyoid bone   stylohyoid  
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Consists of two bellies united by an intermediate tendon; prime mover to open the mouth; also depresses mandible   diagstric  
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Lateral and deep to sternohyoid; pulls thyroid cartilage inferiorly   sternothyroid  
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Flat triangular muscle deep to diagstric; elevates hyoid, enabling tongue to force fold bolus into the pharynx   mylohyoid  
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Narrow muscle in the midline running from chin to hyoid; widens pharynx for receiving food as it elevated the hyoid   geniohyoid  
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Super continuation of the sternothyroid   thyrohyoid  
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Squints the eyes   Orbicularis oculi  
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Furrows the forehead horizontally   frontalis  
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Smiling muscle   zygomaticus  
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Puckers the lips   obicularis oris  
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Draws the corners of the lips laterally and downward   depressor angulioris  
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Pulls the scalp posteriorly   occipitalis  
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Tenses during the shaving of the chin and neck   platysma  
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Used to show you're happy   zygomaticus  
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Compresses the cheek; holds the food between the teeth   buccinator  
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Used in winking   orbicularis oculi  
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Used to raise your eyebrows   frontalis  
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The "kissing" muscle   obicularis oris  
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Prime mover of jaw closer   masseter  
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Synergist muscle for jaw closure; elevates and retracts the mandible   temporalis  
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Posterior neck muscle, called the "bandage" muscle   splenius  
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Prime mover of head flexion, a two-headed neck muscle   sternocleidom astoid  
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Protrudess the mandible; side-to-side grinding movements   lateral pterygoid  
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