HEAD AND NECK MUSCLES Neck Muscles

(2) large categories: Facial and Chewing  Platysma

Muscle  Sternocleidomastoid
1. Facial Muscles TRUNK MUSCLES
Frontalis Anterior Muscles
- Covers the frontal bone  Pectoralis Major
- Allows to raise eyebrows, wrinkle  Intercostals Muscles
forehead.
Muscles of Abdominal Girdle
Occipitalis
 Rectus Abdominis
- Covers the posterior aspect of the  External Oblique
skull and pulls the scalp posteriority  Internal Oblique
Orbicularis Oculi  Transverse Abdominis

- Circles around the eyes, allows you Posterior Muscles

to close your eyes, squint, blink, and  Trapezius
wink.
 Latissimus Dorsi
Orbicularis Oris  Erector Spinae
 Quadratus Lumborum
- Circular muscle of the lips.
 Deltoid
- It closed the mouth, and protrudes
 MUSCLES OF UPPER LIMB
the lips.
- Often called “Kissing Muscle” Muscles of Humerus that Acts on
Forearm
Buccinator
 Biceps Brachii
- Flattens the cheek (as in whistling or
 Brachialis
blowing a trumpet). Also listed as
 Brachioradialis
chewing muscle because it
 Triceps Brachii
compresses the cheek.
Muscles Causing Movement at:
Zygomaticus
Hip Joint
- “smiling muscle”
- It raises the corners of the mouth  Gluteus Maximus
upward  Gluteus Medius
2. Chewing Muscle  Iliopsoas
 Adductor Muscle
 Masseter
Knee Joint
 Temporalis
 Hamstring Group
 Sartorius
 Quadriceps Group
Ankle and Foot

 Tibialis Anterior
 Extensor Digitorum Longus
 Fibularis Muscles
 Gastrocnemius
 Soleus