HEAD MUSCLES

MUSCLES OF CHEWING MUSCLES FOR

EXPRESSION
1. Temporal muscle 1.Muscles of the cranial vault

2. Masseter muscle 2. Muscles around the orbit

3. Medial pterygoid muscle 3. Muscles around the nose
4. Lateral pterygoid muscle
4. Muscles around the mouth

5. Muscles of the auricle

 Muscles of mastication
Muscle Origination
1. Masseter muscle Lateral and medial surfaces
of the zygomatic arch
2. Temporal muscle Temporal fossa and
temporal fascia
3. Lateral pterygoid Superior head –
pterygoid muscle infratemporal surface of
the sphenoid, inferior
head––lateral plate of the
Pterygoid process
4. Medial pterygoid Pterygoid fossa of the
muscle sphenoid
Attachment
Masseteric tuberosity
Coronoid process
Pterygoid fovea and capsule of
the temporomandibular joint
Mandible, pterygoid
tuberosity
Function
Raises the mandible,
closes the mouth
Anterior bundles raise the
mandible, posterior
bundles push the
mandible back
Bilateral contraction:
pushes the mandible
forward; unilateral
contraction: pulls the
mandible in the opposite
direction.
Raises the mandible, closes
the mouth
Epicranial muscle 1. Occipitofrontal muscle 2.tendon helmet (epicranial aponeurosis),
3. temporoparietal muscle
PROCERUS MUSCLE
1.Orbicularis oculi muscle
2.Corrugator supercilia muscle
 Nasalis muscle.
Transverse part (narrows the nasal openings)
alar part (widens the nasal openings).

MUSCLES FOR EXPRESSION

1.Muscles of the cranial vault (2)

2. Muscles around the orbit (2)

3. Muscles around the nose (1)

4. Muscles around the mouth (11)

5. Muscles of the auricle (3)

5. Also known as ”TRUMPETER” muscle
Muscles around the mouth
6. Levator labii superioris muscle
7. Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle
Muscles around the mouth
8. Zygomaticus minor muscle 9. Zygomaticus major muscle
Muscles around the mouth
10.Levator anguli oris muscle 11. Risorius muscle
 Muscles of the auricle
1.The anterior auricular muscle 2. The superior auricular muscle 3. The posterior auricular muscle