Deck 5: Muscles of Facial Expression

Question 1

Discuss how the integument of the face allows for unique facial functions.

Answer 1

The addition of skeletal muscle in the integument of the face allows closure of the eyelids to protect the eyes, closure of the lips and tightening of the cheeks to confine food in the mouth while chewing, and flaring of the nostrils to enhance breathing and olfaction.

Question 2

Which muscles of facial expression play an important role in mastication?

Answer 2

Buccinator and platysma

Question 3

Name the two major muscles of the epicranius muscle.

Answer 3

Frontalis and occipitalis

Question 4

What surface feature of the face is a common site for cleft lips?

Question 5

To which muscle group does the platysma muscle belong?

Question 6

Vertical wrinkles in the forehead are caused by contraction of the ____________________ muscle.

Question 7

When the eyelids are open, the ____________________ is the area between the upper and the lower lids.

Question 8

The ____________________ groove is found between the lower lip and the chin.

Question 9

The flared fleshy part of the nose lateral to each naris is the ____________________.

Question 10

Cranial nerve ____________________ innervates the platysma muscle.

Question 11

Which of the following pairs of muscles and functions is correctly matched?

A) Frontalis-causes vertical wrinkles in the skin of the forehead
B) Orbicularis oculi-opens the eyelids
C) Platysma-elevates the corners of the mouth
D) Buccinator-tightens the cheek wall
E) Risorius-pulls the corners of the mouth medially

Question 12

Recently you met a friend whom you had not seen in a long time, and she kissed you on the cheek. Which of the following muscles did she use to bring her lips together?

A) Orbicularis oculi
B) Orbicularis oris
C) Risorius
D) Zygomaticus major
E) Zygomaticus minor

Question 13

Which of the following muscles merge with the orbicularis oris muscle superior and medial to the zygomaticus major muscle? (Select all that apply.)

A) Levator anguli oris
B) Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
C) Zygomaticus minor
D) Levator labii superioris
E) Risorius

Question 14

A patient is unable to raise the upper lip. Which of the following muscles may be damaged? (Select all that apply.)

A) Levator labii superioris
B) Risorius
C) Orbicularis oris
D) Zygomaticus major
E) Levator labii superioris alaque nasi

Question 15

Muscles that depress the corners of the mouth include the (select all that apply)

A) orbicularis oris.
B) platysma.
C) depressor labii inferioris.
D) mentalis.
E) depressor anguli oris.

Question 16

Which of the following muscles originates from the lower border of the mandible? (Select all that apply.)

A) Buccinator
B) Mentalis
C) Depressor labii inferioris
D) Platysma
E) Depressor anguli oris

Question 17

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Corners where superior and inferior eyelids meet

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F)Nasiolabial groove
G)Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 18

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Portion of the chin that juts forward

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 19

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Bony prominence above the eyebrows

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 20

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Wing of the nose

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 21

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Horizontal furrow between the lower lip and chin

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 22

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Bony prominence of the cheek wall below the orbital rim

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 23

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Central rounded projection of the upper lip

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 24

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Space between the margins of open eyelids

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 25

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Furrow separating the upper lip and nose from the cheek

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 26

Match the terms with their descriptions.

-Fleshy distal margin of the nasal septum

A) Nasal ala
B) Palpebral fissure
C) Labial commissure
D) Zygomatic eminence
E) Phitrum
F) Nasiolabial groove
G) Supraciliary ridge
H) Columella nasi
I) Palpebral commissure
J) Labiomental groove
K) Labial tubercle
L) Mental protuberance

Question 27

Match the muscles with their functions.

-Puckering the lips

A) Buccinator muscle
B) Frontalis muscle
C) Orbicularis oculi muscle
D) Platysma muscle
E) Orbicularis oris muscle
F) Depressor anguli oris muscle
G) Procerus muscle
H)Zygomaticus major muscle

Question 28

Match the muscles with their functions.

-Horizontal wrinkling of the forehead

A) Buccinator muscle
B) Frontalis muscle
C) Orbicularis oculi muscle
D) Platysma muscle
E) Orbicularis oris muscle
F) Depressor anguli oris muscle
G) Procerus muscle
H)Zygomaticus major muscle

Question 29

Match the muscles with their functions.

-Tightening the skin of the neck

A) Buccinator muscle
B) Frontalis muscle
C) Orbicularis oculi muscle
D) Platysma muscle
E) Orbicularis oris muscle
F) Depressor anguli oris muscle
G) Procerus muscle
H)Zygomaticus major muscle

Question 30

Match the muscles with their functions.

-Moving a bolus of food into the esophagus

A) Buccinator muscle
B) Frontalis muscle
C) Orbicularis oculi muscle
D) Platysma muscle
E) Orbicularis oris muscle
F) Depressor anguli oris muscle
G) Procerus muscle
H)Zygomaticus major muscle

Question 31

Match the muscles with their functions.

-Pulling eyebrows medially

A) Buccinator muscle
B) Frontalis muscle
C) Orbicularis oculi muscle
D) Platysma muscle
E) Orbicularis oris muscle
F) Depressor anguli oris muscle
G) Procerus muscle
H)Zygomaticus major muscle

Question 32

Match the muscles with their functions.

-Pulling corners of mouth downward

A) Buccinator muscle
B) Frontalis muscle
C) Orbicularis oculi muscle
D) Platysma muscle
E) Orbicularis oris muscle
F) Depressor anguli oris muscle
G) Procerus muscle
H)Zygomaticus major muscle

Question 33

Match the muscles with their actions.

-Levator labii superioris

A) Closes the eye
B) Elevates the upper lip
C) Pulls the corner of the mouth laterally
D) Compresses the cheeks against the teeth
E) Opens the eyelid

Question 34

Match the muscles with their actions.

-Orbicularis oculi

A) Closes the eye
B) Elevates the upper lip
C) Pulls the corner of the mouth laterally
D) Compresses the cheeks against the teeth
E) Opens the eyelid

Question 35

Match the muscles with their actions.

-Buccinator

A) Closes the eye
B) Elevates the upper lip
C) Pulls the corner of the mouth laterally
D) Compresses the cheeks against the teeth
E) Opens the eyelid

Question 36

Match the muscles with their actions.

-Risorius

A) Closes the eye
B) Elevates the upper lip
C) Pulls the corner of the mouth laterally
D) Compresses the cheeks against the teeth
E) Opens the eyelid