====== NECK ====== * Neck * swallowing * soft palate * tenses or stiffens * tensor veli palatini * elevation * levator veli palatini * changes shape of uvula * palatine uvula * floor of oral cavity * elevation of hyoid * stylohyoid , mylohyoid , geniohyoid * depresses hyoid * sternohyoid , sternothyroid , thyrohyoid * sideward depression * omohyoid * pharynx and larynx * elevation * stylopharyngeus * elevation of nasopharynx * salpingopharyngeus * pushing food * constrictors * superior , inferior and middle * Voice production or larynx * vocal folds * tenses and elongates * cricothyroid * closes rima glottidis / approximates arytenoid cartilage * transverse and oblique arytenoid muscles * thickens and decrease length * thyroarytenoid * adducts during speech * rima glottidis * opening * posterior cricoarytenoid muscle * closing * lateral cricoarytenoid muscle * breathing * raises back of tongue * palatoglossus * pulls pharynx and larynx * palatopharyngeus * skin * front skin * tenses * platysma