Deck 18: Muscles of the Head and Neck

Question 1

Which muscle of mastication inserts on the lateral surface of the mandibular ramus?

A) temporalis
B) lateral pterygoid
C) medial pterygoid
D) masseter

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following describes the suprahyoid muscles?

A) They depress the larynx and hyoid bone if the mandible is fixed.
B) They move the pharynx superiorly while swallowing.
C) They are a group of muscles that originate superior to, and act on, the hyoid bone.
D) none of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which eye muscle inserts on the superior, lateral surface of the eyeball?

A) inferior oblique
B) superior oblique
C) lateral rectus
D) superior rectus

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which eye muscles are involved in focusing the eye for vision?

A) extrinsic eye muscles
B) intrinsic eye muscles
C) extraocular eye muscles
D) oculomotor muscles

Question 5

Your little brother just stuck his tongue out at you. Which tongue muscle did he use?

A) hyoglossus
B) stylohyoid
C) genioglossus
D) orbicularis oris

Question 6

Which of the following muscles is involved in producing horizontal wrinkles in the forehead?

A) the medial pterygoid
B) the temporalis
C) the zygomaticus major
D) the frontal belly of epicranius

Question 7

Which muscle results in a facial expression of horror and disgust?

A) platysma
B) risorius
C) zygomaticus minor
D) zygomaticus major

Question 8

Which muscle opens the jaws and protrudes the mandible?

A) medial pterygoid
B) temporalis
C) masseter
D) lateral pterygoid

Question 9

All of the following are muscles that create movements of the tongue EXCEPT ________.

A) levator veli palatine
B) palatoglossus
C) hyoglossus
D) genioglossus

Question 10

All of the following control eye movements EXCEPT ________.

A) superior rectus
B) inferior rectus
C) medial rectus
D) orbicularis oris

Question 11

A muscle group that works with and assists the action of a prime mover is a(n) .

A) agonist
B) synergist
C) fixator
D) antagonist

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the orbicularis oris?

A) it pulls the lower lip down and back
B) it closes, purses, and protrudes the lips
C) it allows blinking and squinting of the eyes
D) it draws the eyebrows together

Question 13

The muscle that is used for whistling is called ________.

A) buccinators
B) zygomaticus
C) masseter
D) platysma

Question 14

Which muscle tenses the scalp and moves the auricle of the ear?

A) temporoparietalis
B) frontal belly
C) orbicularis oculi
D) occipitofrontal muscle

Question 15

The following muscles are all involved in mastication EXCEPT ________.

A) masseter
B) lateral pterygoid
C) temporalis
D) risorius muscle

Question 16

Which muscle acts to close the eye in an exaggerated blink?

A) nasalis muscle
B) corrugators supercilii
C) orbicularis oculi
D) levator palpebrae superioris

Question 17

All of the following eye muscles originate from the sphenoid around the optic canal EXCEPT ________.

A) medial rectus
B) lateral rectus
C) inferior oblique
D) inferior rectus

Question 18

The muscle that provides the major force for producing a specific movement is called a(n) ________.

A) synergist
B) origin
C) antagonist
D) agonist

Question 19

Which eye muscle inserts on the inferior, medial surface of the eyeball?

A) inferior rectus
B) lateral rectus
C) inferior oblique
D) medial rectus

Question 20

Which muscle of mastication originates from the temporal lines of the skull?

A) lateral pterygoid
B) temporalis
C) medial pterygoid
D) masseter

Question 21

Which muscle inserts of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx?

A) digastrics
B) sternothyroid
C) sternohyoid
D) geniohyoid

Question 22

All of the following are suprahyoid muscles EXCEPT ________.

A) geniohyoid
B) digastrics muscle
C) mylohyoid
D) sternocleidomastoid

Question 23

Which muscle of the tongue, elevates the tongue and depresses the soft palate?

A) hyoglossus
B) styloglossus
C) palatoglossus
D) genioglossus

Question 24

What is the principle muscle of the neck?

A) digastrics
B) posterior belly
C) anterior belly
D) sternocleidomastoid

Question 25

What is the origin of the sternocleidomastoid?

A) sternal end of the clavicle and to the manubrium
B) larynx
C) scapula
D) temporal bone

Question 26

All of the following muscle elevate the larynx EXCEPT ________.

A) salpingopharyngeus
B) palatopharyngeus
C) lopharyngeus
D) tensor veli palanti

Question 27

All of the following are infrahyoid muscles EXCEPT ________.

A) sternothyroid
B) omohyoid
C) digastrics
D) sternohyoid

Question 28

Which of the following muscles elevates the soft palate?

A) laryngeal elevators
B) inferior constrictor
C) levator veli palatine
D) superior constrictor

Question 29

Which muscle of the pharynx originates from the horns of the hyoid bone?

A) superior constrictor
B) inferior constrictor
C) middle constrictor
D) tensor veli palatine