ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 1

by Jasper Brix Rosal -
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1. Muscle: Platysma

  • Origin: Fascia over deltoid and pectoralis major
  • Insertion: Inferior border of mandible
  • Action: Pulls outer portion of lower lip inferiorly and posteriorly like pouting; depresses mandible

2. Muscle: Mentalis

  • Origin: Mandible
  • Insertion: Skin of chin
  • Action: Lifts and pushes out lower lip while pulling the skin of chin upward like pouting

3. Muscle: Orbicular oris

  • Origin: Muscle fibers surrounding opening of mouth
  • Insertion: Skin at the corners of the mouth
  • Action: Closes and protrudes lips, as in kissing; presses lips against the teeth; and helps shape lips during speech

4. Muscle: Corrugator Supercilli

  • Origin: Medial end of superciliary arch of the frontal bone
  • Insertion: Skin of eyebrow
  • Action: Draws eyebrow inferiorly and wrinkles skin of forehead vertically

5. Muscle: Orbicularis oculi

  • Origin: Medial wall of orbit
  • Insertion: Circular path around orbit
  • Action: Closes eye

6. Muscle: Occipitofrontalis (frontal belly)

  • Origin: Epicranial aponeurosis
  • Insertion: Skin superior to supraorbital margin
  • Action: Pulls scalp anteriorly, lifts the eyebrows, and creates wrinkles in the forehead