Head Muscles Word Scramble
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| Muscle | Origin | Insertion | Action |
| Occipotofrontalis | Frontal belly: epicranial aponeurosis Occipital belly: occipital bone and mastoid process of temporal bone | Frontal: skin superior to supraorbital margin Occipital: epicranial aponeurosis | Frontal: draws scalp anteriorly, raises eyebrows Occipital: draws scalp posteriorly |
| Masseter | maxilla and zygomatic arch | angle and ramus of mandible | elevates mandible |
| Temporalis | temporal bone | coronoid process and ramus of mandible | elevates and retracts mandible |
| Digastric | anterior belly: inner border of mandible posterior belly: temporal bone | body of hyoid bone | elevates hyoid and draws it posteriorly |
| Mylohyoid | mandible | hyoid | depresses mandible |
| Sternohyoid | sternum | hyoid | depresses hyoid |
| Sternothyroid | sternum | thyroid | depresses thyroid |
| Thyrohyoid | thyroid | hyoid | depresses hyoid |
| Sternocleidomastoid | sternum and clavicle | mastoid process of temporal bone | flexes and rotates head |
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