ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 1

by Cheldilyn Sikat -
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1. Muscle Name: Platysma

Origin: Fascia that covers the deltoid muscle and pectoralis major muscle

Insertion: Mandible

Action: It helps pull the lower lip down and depresses the mandible

 

 2. Muscle Name: Depressor labii inferioris

Origin: Mandible

Insertion: Skin of the lower lip

Action: Depresses lower lip (pulled downwards) that can create frowning or sad expression

 

3. Muscle Name: Orbicularis Oris

Origin: Muscle fibers encircling the mouth's opening

Insertion: skin at the corner of mouth

Action: It closes, tightens, and brings the lips together which is used for kissing and speaking

 

4.  Muscle Name: Corrugator supercilii

Origin: Medial end of superciliary arch of the frontal lobe

Insertion: Skin of the eyebrow

Action: It causes the eyebrows to move downward and creates vertical lines on the forehead

 

5. Muscle Name: Oribicularis oculi

Origin: Medial wall of orbit

Insertion: Circular path around orbit

Action: Closes the eyes

 

6. Muscle Name: Occipitofrontalis

Origin:  Epicranial aponeurosis 

Insertion: Skin superior to supraorbital margin

Action: It makes horizontal lines on the forehead, lifts the eyebrows, and moves the scalp ahead