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Which infrahyoid muscle pulls the larynx downward?
What does it also depress? |
Sternothyoid Muscle
hyoid bone |
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What is the appearance of the Stenothyroid muscle?
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Referred to as strap muscles due to ribbon like appearance.
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Where is the sternothyroid muscle found?
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Lies between the deep fascia and the visceral fascia covering the thyroid gland trachea and esophagus.
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What innervates the sternothyroid muscle?
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Ansa cervicalis (motor plexus from the rami of C 1,2, and 3)
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What are the infrahyoid muscles?
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Thyrohyoid
Sternohyoid Sternothyroid Omohyoid |
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What is the function of the infrahyoid muscle group?
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anchor hyoid bone
depress hyoid and larynxwhen swallowing or speaking |
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Pulls the hyoid downward and raises the larynx.
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Thyrohyoid muscle
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What innervates the thyrohyoid muscle?
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C1 via hypoglossal nerve (CN XIII)
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Pulls the hyoid down
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Sternohyoid Muscle
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What is the innervation of the sternohyoid muscle?
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C1,C2,C3 from ansa cervicalis
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Helps the Sternohyoid in pulling the hyoid downward.
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Omohyoid
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What innervates the omohyoid muscle?
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C1,C2,C3 by a branch of the ansa cervicalis
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What two muscles together raise the hyoid bone during swallowing?
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Mylohyoid muscle
Geniohyoid muscle |
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What two muscles assist the lateral pterygoid muscles in depressing the mandible (opening the mouth)?
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Mylohyoid muscle
Geniohyoid muscle |
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What two muscles assist the posterior fibers of the temporalis muscles during retraction of the mandible?
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Mylohyoid muscle
Geniohyoid muscle |
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What are the suprahyoid muscles?
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Stylohyoid
Digastric Mylohyoid Geniohyoid |
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What two muscles form the floor of the mouth?
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geniohyoid and mylohyoid muscles
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Pulls the hyoid superiorly and posteriorly during swallowing, and fixes the hyoid bone for infrahyoid action.
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Stylohyoid muscle
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What innervates the Stylohyoid muscle?
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Cervical branch of the facial nerve (CN VII)
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Opens mouth by depressing mandible (ant. belly)
Fixes hyoid bone for infrahyoid action (post. belly) |
Digastric muscle
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What innervates the digastric muscle?
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Anterior belly-mylohyoid nerve
(Branch of inf. alveolar nerve, and post. belly-facial nerve (CN VII) |
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Elevates the hyoid bone
Raises the floor of mouth (swallowing) Depresses mand. when hyoid is fixed |
Mylohyoid
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Elevates the tongue
Depresses the mandible Works with mylohyoid |
Geniohyoid
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What innervates the geniohyoid muscle?
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C1 via hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
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What muscle do we use to stick out our tongues?
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Genioglossus muscle
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What are the extrinsic muscles of the tongue?
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Genioglossus
Hyoglossus Styloglossus Palatoglossus |
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Acts to protrude the tongue and retract the tip of the tongue
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Genioglossus Muscle
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Where does the genioglossus originate and insert?
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Originates: genial tubercle of mand.
Inserts: Dorsum of the tongue |
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Acts to depress the tongue
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Hyoglossus
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Where does the Hyoglossus muscle originate and insert?
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Originates: greater and lesser horn of the hyoid
Inserts: Lateral aspect of the tongue |
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Main function is to retract and elevate the tongue
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Styloglossus
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Where does the styloglossus originate and insert?
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Originates: from styloid process
Inserts: lateral aspect of the tongue |
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Acts to elevate the posterior tongue and closes the oropharyngeal isthmus. Also aids in the initiation of swallowing.
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Palatoglossus
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Where does the palatoglossus muscle originate and insert?
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Originates: From the palatine aponeurosis
Inserts: On the side of the tongue |
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What are the intrinsic muscles of the tongue?
What are they named according to? |
Longitudinal, Transverse, Vertical
Named according to the three spatial planes that they run |
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What do the Intrinsic muscles of the tongue do?
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Alter the shape of the tongue
Longitudinal: Shorten tongue Transverse: narrows tongue Vertical: flatten & broaden tongue |
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This muscle compresses the cheek, holding food under the teeth, and plays a subsidiary role in mastication.
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Buccinator
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What are the muscle of mastication that are responsible for the movement of the mandible in the chewing of food?
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Masseter
Temporalis Med. Pterygoid Lat. Pterygoid |
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What are the movements that the muscles of mastication are responsible for?
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elevation
depression retraction protraction lateral excursions |
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The breaking down or chewing of food so that it may be easily attacked by digestive enzymes.
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Mastication
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Which teeth are responsible of the incision of food
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Incisors
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What teeth are responsible for prehension of food?
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Canines
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What teeth are responsible for the trituration of food?
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Premolars and Molars
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If a patient opens their mouth and their mand. deviates left then what muscle is possibly lessioned?
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Lt. Lateral Pterygoid
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Which side will the mand. always deviate when injured?
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The side of the injury
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What nerve must be affected for the tongue to deviate?
Which way will it deviate? |
Hypoglossal Nerve
Deviates toward the affected side |
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What is the main stabilizing ligament of the TMJ?
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Temporomandibular ligament
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This ligament restricts downward and posterior movement of the mand. and guides the forward motion of the condyle during opening.
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Temporomandibular ligament
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Where does the Temporomandibular lig. originate?
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The lateral surface of the zygomatic arch and a tubercle on its lower border
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Where does the temporomandibular lig. Insert?
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Directed down and back from origination to insert into post. border and lat. surface of the neck of the mandible.
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What muscle is used to make excursive movements of the mand.?
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Lateral Pterygoid on the side of the movement
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Results from the contraction of one lateral pterygoid muscle on the opposite side
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Lateral Excursions
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Elevation of the Mand. (during jaw closing)
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Masseter
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Elevation of the Mand. (during jaw closing)
Retraction of the Mand. (lower jaw backward) |
Temporalis
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Elevation of the Mand. (during jaw closing)
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Medial Pterygoid
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What are the movements of the Lateral Pterygoid?
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Inf. heads: slight depression of mand.
(during jaw opening) One muscle: lateral deviation of mand. (to shift lower jaw to opposite side) Both muscles: Protrusion of Mand. (lower jaw forward) |
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Results from the bilateral contraction of the posterior (horizontal) fibers of the temporalis muscle. Assisted by the suprahyoid muscles, specifically the ant. and post. bellies of the digastric
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Retrusion
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What three pairs of muscles allow for the closing of the mouth?
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Ant. (vertical) fibers of Rt. and Lt. temporalis muscles
Rt. and Lt. masseter muscles Rt. and Lt. Medial pterygoid muscles |
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What muscles are used in protrusion?
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Both Lateral pterygoid muscles
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What does unilateral contraction of the muscle do to the mand.?
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Deviates mand. to the contralateral (opposite) side.
Contraction on opposite sides produces side-to-side motion required for grinding food |
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Which muscle is responsible for a left working side movement?
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Rt. Lateral pterygoid
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