This quiz is designed to help students recognize the branchiomeric muscles of a cat. It will also help them learn the origins, insertions, and actions of these muscles.
Temporalis
Digastric
Masseter
Pterygoideus Externus
True
False
Mylohyoid; protracts the hyoid
Mylohyoid; elevates the floor of the mouth
Digastric; retracts the hyoid
Digastric; elevates the floor of the mouth
Protracts
Retracts
Elevates
Depresses
Pulls the scapula dorsally and caudally
Flexes the forearm
Adduct and stabilize the position of the scapulae
Pulls forelimb dorsocaudally
Pulling the scapula dorsally and caudally
Pulling the forelimb dorsocaudally
Flexing the forearm
Pulling the ribs in cranially
Hyoid bone
Thyroid cartilage of the larynx
Mastoid process of the temporal bone
Dorsal border of the scapula
Cleidomastoid
Sternomastoid
Digastric
Sternohyoid
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