NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE - DRESSEN … - agonist and antagonist muscles list

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• (1) Define agonist and antagonist muscles
• (2) Agonist and antagonist muscles chart
• (3) Agonist muscle examples
• (4) Agonist antagonist muscle groups

NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE
Frontalis galea aponeurotica skin of eyebrows and ? raises the eyebrows Facial
1
root of nose ? wrinkles the forehead
horizontally
1
Corrugator supercilii arch of frontal bone skin of eyebrow ? draws eyebrows medially Facial
2
above nasal bone and inferiorly 2
? wrinkles the forehead 4
vertically (frowning)
Levator palpebrae superioris tendinous band upper eyelid ? raises eyelids Oculomotor
3
around optic foramen
(near annular ring)
Orbicularis oculi frontal and mazillary tissue of eyelid ? blinking Facial
4
bones and ligaments ? squinting
around orbit ? draws eyebrows inferi-
orly
NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE
Superior rectus annular ring superior eyeball ? elevates the eye Oculomotor
59
5
Inferior rectus annular ring inferior eyeball ? depresses the eye Oculomotor
8
6
Medial rectus annular ring medial eyeball ? moves the eye medially Oculomotor
7 6 10
Lateral rectus annular ring lateral eyeball ? moves the eye laterally Abducens
8
Superior oblique annular ring superior lateral eye- ? depresses the eye & turns Trochlear 9
9
ball via trochlea it laterally 7
5
Inferior oblique medial orbit surface inferolateral eye ? elevates the eye & turns it Ocolomotor 8
10
surface laterally
EYEBALL MOVERS EYE EXPRESSIONS
NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE
Levator labii superioris zygomatic bone & skin & muscle of up- ? raises & furrows the up- Facial
11
infraorbital margin of per lip per lip
maxilla
Zygomaticus minor zygomatic bone skin & muscle @ ? raises lateral corners of Facial
12
corner of mouth mouth (smiling)
Zygomaticus major zygomatic bone skin & muscle @ ? raises lateral corners of Facial
13
corner of mouth mouth (smiling) 11
12
13
15
Risorius lateral facia assoc. skin @ angle of ? draws corner of lip later- Facial 14
14
with masseter muscle mouth ally
? tense of lips
? synergist of zygomaticus
Buccinator molar region of max- orbicularis oris ? draws corner of mouth Facial
15
illa and mandible laterally
? compresses cheek (suck-
ing)
? holds food between teeth
during chewing
Depressor anguli oris body of mandible skin & muscle @ ? draws corner of mouth Facial
16
below incisors angle of mouth laterally & downward
(below insertion of ? antagonist of zygomati-
zygomaticus) cus
Depressor labii inferioris body and mandible skin & muscle of ? draws lower lip inferiorly Facial
17
lateral to its midline lower lip (pout)
Orbicularis oris arises directly from encircles mouth; ? closes lips Facial
18
maxilla & mandible inserts into muscle ? purses and protrues lips 18
& skin @ angles of ? kissing & whistling 17
mouth 16
Platysma fascia of chest (over lower margin of ? depresses mandible Facial 19
19
pectoral muscle & mandible, and skin & ? pulls lower lip back &
deltoid) muscle @ corner of down
mouth
MOUTH MOVERS
NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE
Masseter zygomatic arch and angle & ramus of ? prime mover of jaw Trigeminal
20
maxilla mandible closure
? elevates mandible
Temporalis temporal fossa coronoid process of ? closes jaw Trigeminal 21
21
mandible ? elevates & retracts man-
dible
? synergist of pterygoids
? maintains position of 20
mandible at rest
Medial pterygoid medial surface of medial surface of ?synergist of temporalis & Trigeminal
22
lateral pterygoid plate mandible near its masseter in elevation of
of sphenoid bone, angle the mandible
maxilla & palatine ? act with lateral ptery-
bone goid muscle to protrude
mandible of to promote
side-to-side movements
(grinding)
23
Lateral pterygoid greater wing & lateral condyle of mandible ? protrudes mandible Trigeminal
23
pterygoid plate of and capsule of tem- ? provides forward sliding 22
sphenoid bone poromandibular joint and side-to-side grinding
movements of the lower
teeth
NAME ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE
Genioglossus internal surface of inferior aspect of the ? primarily protrudes Hypoglossal
24
mandible near sym- tongue and body of tongue
physis hyoid bone ? can depress or act in con-
cert with other extrinsic
muscles to retract tongue
Styloglossus styloid process of lateral inferior aspect ? retracts (& elevates) Hypoglossal
25
temporal bone of tongue tongue
25
24 26
Hyoglossus body & greater horn inferolateral tongue ? depresses tongue & draws Hypoglossal
26
of hyoid bone its sides downward
TONGUE MOVERS MANDIBLE MOVERS


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