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In the female the muscles, while similar, are somewhat 

 smaller than in the male, and receive the following names : 

 Constrictor vaginae, erector clitoridis, transversus perinei, 

 compressor urethras, sphincter ani, levator ani, and coccy- 



geus. 



REVIEW QUESTIONS 



What are muscles? 



What peculiar property do muscles possess? 



What is understood by origin and insertion? 



How are muscles divided for purposes of description? 



How many muscles are there in the body? 



What is a sheath? 



How are muscles attached to the skeleton? 



What two kinds of muscular tissue have we in the body? 



What muscle covers the upper part of the head? 



How many muscles have we in the auricular region? Name them. 



What muscles are in the palpebral region? 



Name the several muscles of the orbital region. 



How many pairs of muscles are there in the nasal region? 



What do you understand by the superior maxillary region? 



What peculiar action have the muscles of this region? 



What muscles have we in the inferior maxillary region? Their 

 action? 



What important muscles have we in the intermaxillary region? 



State the action of the several muscles in the temporomaxillary 

 region. 



How many muscles are there in the pterygomaxillary region? 



What are the three large muscles of the neck? 



What action has the digastric muscle? 



What are the several functions performed by muscles of the palate 

 region? 



What is the pharynx? 



What muscle elevates the pharynx? 



What function do the pharyngeal muscles control? 



What muscles control the movements of the head? 



Into how many layers are the muscles of the back divided? 



Name two of the superficial muscles of the back, and give their action. 



Name the muscles of the abdomen. 



What do you understand by the linea alba? 



What important functions do the abdominal muscles assist in per- 

 forming? 



