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Facial Muscles.

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1 Facial Muscles

2 Cranial Nerve 7 Innervates the muscles of the face
Non verbal expressions

3 Frontalis Muscle Frontalis muscle: raises eyebrows

4 Corrugator Supercilli
Corrugator supercilli muscles: pulls eyebrows medially Down and In

5 Procerus Muscle Procerus muscle: pulls the skin by the eyebrows medially and down

6 Orbicularis Oculi Orbicularis oculi muscle: orbital part: “scrunch up” the eyelid Orbicularis oculi muscle: palpebral part: close eyelid

7 Orbicularis Oris Orbicularis oris muscle: closes lips

8 Buccinator Buccinator: cheek compression

9 Levator Anguli Oris Levator anguli oris: sneering: pulls angle of mouth laterally smiling: bilateral movement

10 Levator Labii Superior Alaeque Nasi
Levator labii superior alaeque nasi: elevate the upper lip, dilates the nostrils

11 Levator Labii Superioris
Levator labii superioris: elevates the upper lip, protracts the upper lip

12 Depressor Anguli Oris Depressor anguli oris: pulls mouth down and laterally

13 Depressor Labii Inferioris
Depressor labii inferioris: curls lip downwards and laterally

14 Mentalis Mentalis: protrudes the lower lip as in pouting or sulking

15 Platysma Platysma: depresses lower lip and angle of mouth, expression of horror

16 Zygomaticus Major and Minor
Zygomaticus major: draws the angles of the mouth upward and laterally as in laughing

17 Practice Identify the following facial muscles


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