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Facial Muscles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Action of Orbicularis Oris | Closes mouth and protrudes the lips (Kiss) |
| Action of Depressor Labii Inferioris | Pulls lips downwards and laterally. Eversion of lower lip (bares lower teeth, flossing) |
| A: Depressor Anguli Oris | Depression of angle of mouth. Pulls corner of mouth inferiorly and laterally (frown) |
| A: Mentalis | Wrinkles skin of chin. Elevation and eversion of lower lip (pout) |
| A: Platysma | Tenses skin over lower neck. Depression of mandible and lower lip |
| A: Occipitalfrontalis | Pulls back scalp to raise eyebrows and wrinkles brow forehead |
| A: Orbicularis Oculi | Closes eye tight. Squinting of the eye. Depresses upper eyelid, elevates lower eyelid |
| A: Corrugator Supercilli | Pulls eyebrows downwards and medially |
| A: Levator Palpebrae Superioris N:? | Elevation of upper eyelid. N: Oculomotor nerve (CN lll) |
| A: Pocercus | Pulls medial eyebrow inferiorily. Wrinlkes skin of superior nose (disgust) |
| A: Nasalis | Flares nostrils |