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    Muscles of the Head and

    Neck
    Dr Khia Josina Duncan MBBS DM Otolaryngology
    Head and Neck Antomy
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    School of Dentistry
    Muscles of Head and Neck
    • •Muscles expand and contract to make movement possible
    • •Each muscle has an origin (fixed point)
    • –Insertion (moveable point)
    • •Muscles of mastication
    • •Muscles of facial expression
    • •Muscles of the floor of the mouth
    • •Muscles of the tongue
    • •Muscles of the soft palate
    • •Muscles of the pharynx
    • •Muscles of the neck
    Muscles of Mastication
    • •4 pairs of muscles
    • –Temporal
    • –Masseter
    • –Internal pterygoid
    • –External pterygoid
    • •Provide movement of mandible
    • –Protrude
    • –Retract
    • –Elevate
    • –Lateral movement
    Muscles of Facial Expression
    • •Orbicularis oris
    • •Buccinator
    • •Mentales
    • •Zygomaticmajor
    • •Enable a wide variety of facial expressions
    • –Eg. Smiling, whistling.
    Muscles of the Tongue
    • •Intrinsic
    • –All within tongue
    • –Shape tongue during speech, mastication, swallowing
    • •Extrinsic
    • –Styloglossus
    • –Genioglossus
    • –Hyoglossus
    Muscles of Floor of Mouth
    • Hyoid bone
    • –Horse shoe shaped bone at base of tongue
    • –Muscles of tongue and floor of mouth attach to this bone for support
    • •Dygastric-
    • •Mylohyoid-
    • •Stylohyoid-
    • •Geniohyoid-
    • –All located between mandible and hyoid bone
    Muscles of Soft Palate
    • Palatoglossus
    • •Palatopharyngeal
    • •Raise soft palate during swallowing
    Muscles of Pharynx
    • •Superior pharyngeal
    • •Middle pharyngeal
    • •Inferior pharyngeal
    • •Each named for its relative position
    • •The pharynx is a muscular tube lined with a mucus membrane
    • •Pharynx serves to conduct air to the larynx from the nasal and oral
    cavities as well as food to the esophagus from the mouth
    Muscles of the Neck
    • •Platysma
    • •Trapezius
    • •Sternocleidomastoid
    Questions

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