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