DH 302 Exam 3 | Questions and Answers
1. What is the anterior origin of the digastric muscle?: intermediate tendon
and greater cornu of the hyoid bone
2. What is the posterior origin of the digastric muscle?: mastoid notch
3. Where is the anterior insertion of the digastric muscle?: digastric fossa
on medial surface of the mandible
4. Where is the posterior insertion of the digastric muscle?: intermediate
ten- don of the digastric muscle
5. What does the digastric muscle do?: elevates hyoid and depresses
mandible
6.Where is the insertion point of the mylohyoid muscle?: body of the hyoid
bone
7. Where is the origin of the mylohyoid muscle?: mylohyoid line of
mandible
8. What does the mylohyoid muscle do?: elevates the hyoid bone,
depresses mandible, helps elevate the tongue
9. Where is the origin of the stylohyoid muscle?: styloid process
10.Where is the insertion point of the stylohyoid bone?: hyoid bone
11.What does the stylohyoid muscle do?: elevates and retracts hyoid bone
12.What is the origin of the geniohyoid bone>: genial tubercles
13.Where is the insertion point of the geniohyoid bone?: body of hyoid
bone
14.What does the geniohyoid muscle do?: elevates hyoid bone,
depresses mandible
15.Where is the inferior origin of the omohyiod muscle?: scapula
16.Where is the inferior insertion point of the omohyoid muscle?: superior
belly via intermediate tendon
17.Where is the superior origin of the omohyoid muscle?: inferior belly
via intermediate tendon
18.What is the superior insertion point of the omohyoid muscle?: hyoid
bone
19.What does the omohyoid muscle do?: depresses hyoid bone
20.What is the origin of the sternohyoid muscle?: sternum, near clavicle
21.Where is the insertion point of the sternohyoid muscle?: body of hyoid
bone
22.What does the sternohyoid muscle do?: depresses hyoid bone
23.What is the origin of the sternothyroid muscle?: posterior surface of
sternum
24.Where is the insertion point of the sternothyroid muscle?: thyroid
cartilage
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25.What does the sternothyroid muscle do?: depresses thyroid cartilage
and larynx
26.What is the origin of the thyrohyoid muscle?: thyroid cartilage
27.What is the insertion point of the thyrohyoid muscle?: greater cornu of
hyoid bone
28.What does the thyrohyoid muscle do?: depresses hyoid bone, raises
thyroid cartilage and larynx
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1. What is the anterior origin of the digastric muscle?: intermediate tendon
and greater cornu of the hyoid bone
2. What is the posterior origin of the digastric muscle?: mastoid notch
3. Where is the anterior insertion of the digastric muscle?: digastric fossa
on medial surface of the mandible
4. Where is the posterior insertion of the digastric muscle?: intermediate
ten- don of the digastric muscle
5. What does the digastric muscle do?: elevates hyoid and depresses
mandible
6.Where is the insertion point of the mylohyoid muscle?: body of the hyoid
bone
7. Where is the origin of the mylohyoid muscle?: mylohyoid line of
mandible
8. What does the mylohyoid muscle do?: elevates the hyoid bone,
depresses mandible, helps elevate the tongue
9. Where is the origin of the stylohyoid muscle?: styloid process
10.Where is the insertion point of the stylohyoid bone?: hyoid bone
11.What does the stylohyoid muscle do?: elevates and retracts hyoid bone
12.What is the origin of the geniohyoid bone>: genial tubercles
13.Where is the insertion point of the geniohyoid bone?: body of hyoid
bone
14.What does the geniohyoid muscle do?: elevates hyoid bone,
depresses mandible
15.Where is the inferior origin of the omohyiod muscle?: scapula
16.Where is the inferior insertion point of the omohyoid muscle?: superior
belly via intermediate tendon
17.Where is the superior origin of the omohyoid muscle?: inferior belly
via intermediate tendon
18.What is the superior insertion point of the omohyoid muscle?: hyoid
bone
19.What does the omohyoid muscle do?: depresses hyoid bone
20.What is the origin of the sternohyoid muscle?: sternum, near clavicle
21.Where is the insertion point of the sternohyoid muscle?: body of hyoid
bone
22.What does the sternohyoid muscle do?: depresses hyoid bone
23.What is the origin of the sternothyroid muscle?: posterior surface of
sternum
24.Where is the insertion point of the sternothyroid muscle?: thyroid
cartilage
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25.What does the sternothyroid muscle do?: depresses thyroid cartilage
and larynx
26.What is the origin of the thyrohyoid muscle?: thyroid cartilage
27.What is the insertion point of the thyrohyoid muscle?: greater cornu of
hyoid bone
28.What does the thyrohyoid muscle do?: depresses hyoid bone, raises
thyroid cartilage and larynx
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