ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 1

by Francesca Faith Gallarde -
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1. Muscle Name: Platysma

    Origin: Fascia over deltoid and pectoralis major muscles.

    Insertion: Mandible, blends with muscles around angle of mouth, and skin of lower face.

    Action: Draws outer part of lower lip inferiorly and posteriorly; depresses mandible.

2. Muscle Name: Mentalis

    Origin: Mandible.

    Insertion: Skin of chin.

    Action: Elevates and protrudes the lower lip and pulls the skin of the chin up.

3. Muscle Name: Orbicularis oris

    Origin: Muscle fibers surrounding the opening of the mouth.

    Insertion: Skin at the corner of the mouth.

    Action: Closes and protrudes the lips, compresses lips against teeth, and shapes lips.

4. Muscle Name: Corrugator supercilii

    Origin: Medial end of superciliary arch of frontal bone.

    Insertion: Skin of eyebrow. 

    Action: Draws eyebrows inferiorly and wrinkles the skin of the forehead vertically. 

5. Muscle Name: Orbicularis oculi

    Origin: Medial wall of orbit.

    Insertion: Circular path around orbit. 

    Action: Closes eyes.

6. Muscle Name: Occipitofrontalis

    Origin: Frontal belly: epicranial aponeurosis.

    Insertion: Frontal belly: skin superior to supraorbital margin.

    Action: Draws scalp anteriorly, raises eyebrows, and wrinkles skin of forehead horizontally.