Massage Therapy Test - Head, Neck & Face

How many muscles create the range of expressions the human face displays?

30

Which muscle will aid in blowing forcefully out the mouth, as if to play a musical instrument?

buccinator

Passive rotation of the head to the same side would __________ the SCM

lengthen

Which muscle is the strongest in the body relative to its size?

masseter

Squinting your eyes is a product of the

orbicularis occuli

The depressor anguli oris works along with mentalis to create which facial expression?

pouting

Passively raising your partner's eyebrows would __________ the frontalis fibers

shorten

Tightening the fascia of the neck would __________ the platysma

shorten

Clenching one's teeth will activate the

temporalis

Which bone forms the anterior aspect of the cheeckbone and serves as an attachment site for the masseter?

zygomatic

Which muscles are involved with smiling?

zygomaticus major & minor

An engaged procerus upon a client may make you think the client is

angry

The brachial plexus and subclavian artery pass through a small gap between which two muscles in the anterior, lateral neck?

anterior and middle scalenes

When palpating the sternocleidomastoid, the therapist must beware of the

carotid artery

Temporalis and masseter working together to elevate the jaw forcefully allows one to

chew food

One head of the sternocleidomastoid attaches at the sternum - where does the second head attach?

clavicle

Which action at the mandible would shorten the fibers of the masseter?

elevation

Which landmark, located at the center of the occiput, serves as an attachment site for the ligamentum nuchae?

external occipital protuberance

Which cranial bone forms the forehead and upper rim of the eye socket?

frontal

Putting on a shower cap would protect the __________ in a shower.

galea aporneurotica

Which activity will likely cause the most strain upon the scalene muscle group?

having head jostled violently while on a roller coaster

To discern the posterior scalene from the levator scapula, what action could you ask your partner to perform that would contract the levator but not the scalene?

lateral flexion of the neck

Which muscle is responsible for protraction of the mandible?

lateral pterygoid

Which muscle acts as a synergist with the left sternocleidomastoid during rotation of the cervicl spine to the right?

left anterior scalene

Not that you'd ever want to, but passive elevation of the hyoid bone would __________ the infrahyoids

lengthen

Passive depression of the mandible would _________ the temporalis

lengthen

Passive elevation of the mandible would __________ the mylohyoid

lengthen

Passive protraction of the mandible would __________ the digastric

lengthen

Passive protraction of the mandible would __________ the temporalis

lengthen

Passive rotation of the head to the same side would __________ the posterior scalene

lengthen

Which muscle acts as an antagonist to the anterior scalene during flexion of the cervical spine?

levator scapula

Which bone is rapidly elevating and depressing when someone raps words quickly?

mandible

A massage stroke from the corners of the mouth traveling towards the angle of the jaw will contact the

masseter

Which bony landmark is located directly behind the earlobe and serves as an attachment site for the sternocleidomastoid?

mastoid process

Which muscle mirrors the shape and position of the masseter from the opposite side of the mandible?

medial pterygoid

Integumentary muscles and mimetic muscles are what, respectively?

muscles embedded in the superficial fascia, muscles that express emotion

Which muscle shares a common boney attachment as Trapezius?

occipitofrontalis

Which bone is located at the posterior and inferior aspects of the cranium?

occiput

Raising one eyebrow at a time is performed by the

occiputofrontalis

To locate the insertion of the temporalis, you must ask your partner to perform what action?

open her mouth fully

What is the muscle that encircles the mouth?

orbicularis oris

Which cranial bones merge at the body's midline to form the sagittal suture?

parietal

A massage stroke running posteriorly from the masseter may contact the

parotid gland

If the clavicle is shifted inferiorly suddenly, which muscle's tendon would become strained?

platysma

Which scalene is the least accesible for palpation?

posterior

What direction should you give your partner so you can locate the suprahyoids?

press his tongue against the roof of his mouth

Which muscle is located between the eyebrows?

procerus

Making one's jaw move side-to-side will activate the

pterygoids

Which movement at the mandible will lengthen the fibers of the medial pterygoid?

retraction

Which movement will lengthen the fibers of the anterior scalene?

rotate head and neck to same side

Before asking your supine partner to flex her neck to contract her sternocleidomastoid, how could you position the head to make the contraction even more visible?

rotate the head slightly away from the side you are palpating

Which movement of the neck and head lengthens the fibers of longus capitis and colli?

rotation to the opposite side

Which muscles are located between the sternocleidomastoid and the anterior, lateral flap of the trapezius?

scalenes

You might passively flex your partner's neck and ask him to breathe deeply into his upper chest when palpating which muscle tissue?

scalenes

Passive depression of the mandible would __________ the suprahyoids

shorten

Passive elevation of the mandible would __________ the masseter

shorten

Passive flexion of the head would __________ the anterior scalene

shorten

Passive lateral flexion of the head to the same side would __________ the SCM and scalenes

shorten

Passive rotation of the head to the opposite side would __________ the scalenes

shorten

If my eyes were plucked out of socket, which bone would be visible to see?

sphenoid

Which bone's lateral portions are called the "greater wings"

sphenoid

Which bony landmark of the temporal bone is best explored with caution?

styloid process

Which bony landmark of the occiput serves as an attachment site for several neck muscles?

superior nuchal line

Which group forms a wall of muscle along the underside of the jaw?

suprahyoids

The mastoid process and zygomatic arch are both landmarks on which cranial bone?

temporal

Palpating the small bump posterior to one's ear is to touch the

temporal mastoid process

The broad origin of which muscle attaches to the frontal, temporal and parietal bones?

temporalis

The space between the zygomatic arch and cranium is filled by which muscle?

temporalis

Which muscle acts as an antagonist to the geniohyoid during depression of the mandible?

temporalis

When exploring the infrahyoids, one should stay in the superior half of these muscles to avoid irritating what structure?

thyroid gland

When one receives a broken nose, the _________ bone has been directly impacted.

vomer