Muscle of the Head, Neck, and Face

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Across
  1. 4. this muscle spans from the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone
  2. 7. located on the forehead and involves the eyebrows, wrinkling the skin between the eyes and the skin of the nose
  3. 10. depresses and retracts the mandible while it elevates the hyoid bone
  4. 12. Minor and Major play a role in smiling
  5. 15. strongest muscle in the body relative to its size. It elevates and protracts the jaw
  6. 16. this muscle means "to laugh" it retracts the corners of the mouth laterally
  7. 17. tightens the corners of the lips and presses the cheek firmly against the teeth like sucking on a straw
  8. 18. sphincter muscle encircles the eyes help you to squint or ____ eyes
  9. 19. there are seven muscles responsible for moving this small body part on/in the face
  10. 20. on one opposite side of the trachea from ____
  11. 24. on one side of the trachea
  12. 25. Supercilii, Charles Darwin called this "muscle of difficulty" it draws the eyebrow medially and inferiorly
Down
  1. 1. SCM abbreviation and is known as the "headache muscle" that is blocated on the lateral and anterior aspects of the neck
  2. 2. most bizarre muscle in the body. it has a skinny ribbon-like belly passing underneath the SCM and scalenes
  3. 3. geniohyoid mylohyoid and stylohyoid all make up ____
  4. 4. this muscle elevates and retracts the mandible
  5. 5. retract the galea posteriorly
  6. 6. this is a thin superficial muscle spanning the anterior neck known as the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" muscles
  7. 8. Protrude, Levator Libii Superioris will ____ _____ the upper lip like and Elvis-like lip curl
  8. 9. this muscle has an anterior middle and posterior sections that attach on the first and second rib
  9. 11. forehead muscle
  10. 13. Labii Inferioris, this muscle depresses the corner of the mouth while protruding and drawing the lower lip laterally to bear the lower teeth
  11. 14. this muscle will protrude the lower lip as in pouting.
  12. 21. ___ Anguli Oris pulls the corners of the mouth inferiorly and laterally forming an inverted "clown smile"
  13. 22. Anguli Oris, assists in smiling and elevates the corner of the mouth
  14. 23. lips, sphincter muscle used to kiss someone when it's contracted