Tongue muscles are a powerful group of muscles that play a vital role in speech, swallowing, and taste sensation. The muscles of the tongue are divided into two main categories: extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic Tongue muscles Extrinsic muscles of the tongue are muscles that originate outside of the tongue and attach to it. These muscles […]
The human neck is a complex and intricate part of the body that plays a crucial role in supporting the head, protecting the spinal cord, and allowing for movement and flexibility. In this article, we will explore the anatomy of the neck, including the difference between the surgical and anatomical neck, the levels of the […]
The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. It contains two bones, the radius and the ulna, which run parallel to each other. Bones of the forearm The radius is located on the thumb side of the forearm, while the ulna is located on the little finger side. […]
If there’s a bad smell, and you can’t pinch your nose, you’ll try to close your nostrils using the Depressor Septi Muscle. But not just that, if you get a nose job, how would the surgeons know where to put back your nose? Well, locating the Depressor Septi Nasi Muscle, surgeons can make sure the […]
Uh-oh, someone made a mistake, you make that face of surprise and pull your lower lip down. If you didn’t have the Depressor Labii Inferioris muscle, then you wouldn’t be able to do this expression. This muscle is part of the facial muscles that by itself doesn’t make much but acting together with other muscles, […]
Furrowing your eyebrows when confused, mad or trying to focus your vision, the Procerus muscle is there to assist. Located right between your eyebrows, above your nose bridge, shaped as a pyramid, it comes from the fascia of the superior nasal region, pretty close to the nasal bones and the nasal cartilage. It’s fibers run […]
The walls of your cheeks are decked with the Buccinator muscles on each side, forming the side of the cheeks.
Would a puppy dog pout ever be so cute without the involvement of mentalis muscles? Perhaps not. it’s actions raise the fleshy parts of the chin and pushes the lower lip up, a powerful action engaged with both sides of the face always working in unison.
When you clench your teeth and your face looks square, it’s thanks to the Masseter muscle, the most superficial and obvious of the mastication muscles.
The two pterygoid muscles are just half of the muscles that help you chew from inside your mouth, just behind your lower jaw.
