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Muscles: Platysma.

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Anatomy & Physiology: Muscles—Platysma.

Structure.

  • Origin: skin over lower neck and upper lateral chest.
  • Insertion: inferior border of mandible and skin over lower face and angle of mouth.

Function.

  • Concentric action: draws up skin at superior chest and neck to create ridges of skin of neck; depresses and draws lower lip laterally; depresses mandible at TMJ.
  • Eccentric action:
  • Isometric action:
  • Innervation: facial VII nerve.
  • Arterial supply: facial artery and transverse cervical artery.

Clinical Significance.

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References

Biel, A. (2015). Trail guide to the body: A hands-on guide to locating muscles, bones and more.

Clark, M., Lucett, S., Sutton, B. G., & National Academy of Sports Medicine. (2014). NASM essentials of corrective exercise training. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Jenkins, G., & Tortora, G. J. (2012). Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life, 3rd Edition International Stu. John Wiley & Sons.

Muscolino, J. E. (2017). The muscular system manual: The skeletal muscles of the human body.