Anatomy
Axial Muscles Lab Sheet
This sheet is designed to help you learn all about axial muscles. These muscles are numbered and questions concerning these muscles have been asked. When asked a question about a muscle, write the number, and spell out the muscle. If the muscle has already been mentioned, writing just the number will suffice
Answers are to be written in blue
For example: Q: Which muscle is used in chewing?
A: 5. (Orbicularis Oris.)
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1. These muscles are bellies of the digastric muscle____________
2. This muscle is called the Orbicularis oculi________
3. This muscle is called the Platysma _______
4. This muscle located close to the neck in humans is very prominent in frogs ____________
5. These muscles are attached to the hyoid bone___________
6. This muscle elevates the mandible and contracts during chewing ___________
7. This muscle is the Depressor Labii Inferioris ______
8. This muscle is the Depressor Anguli Oris _________
9. This muscle is responsible for lifting up the upper lip_________
10. These muscles are the Zygomaticus major and minor muscles respectively ________________
11. This muscle is attached to the sternum, the mastoid process and clavicle___________
12. Doing crunches, leg raises, and planks will strengthen this muscle _____
13. This muscle is the Orbicularis Oris _________
14. This muscle popularly referred to as the “six-pack” muscle stabilizes the pelvis during walking ________
15. These obliques muscles are engaged during lateral flexion_________
16. These muscles contract during breathing_________
17. These muscles contract actively when individual’s sit-up straight in a chair for a long time___________
18. This muscle is well defined in trumpet players__________
19. These facial muscles contract when people smile________
20. These muscles elevate the hyoid bone to facilitate swallowing ________
21. These muscles depress the hyoid bone _________
22. What is the difference between the origin and the insertion of a muscle?
23. These muscles contract when people frown____________
