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Muscles & functions
Muscles of facial expressions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Occipito frontalis | Suprise Look, Forehead - Raises eyebrows.wrinkles on forehead |
| Corrugator | Frowning expression in between eyebrows.draws eyebrows togther |
| Orbicularis oculi | Winking and closeses eyelids |
| Risorious | Smiling. found on corners of mouth. draws mouth corners outwards |
| Buccinator | blowing.inside cheeks,compresses cheeks |
| Zygomaticus major & minor | Laughing. Lifts corners of mouth |
| Procerus | distaste expression. Location bridge of nose. causes wrinkles on nose |
| Nasalis | Anger expression. covers front of nose. opens and closes nasal openings |
| Depressor labii | sulking expression.surrounds lower lip,draws lip down |
| Orbicularis oris | Pout/kiss, mouth area. purses lip also closes mouth |
| Triangularis | sad expression. corner of lower lip extends over chin, draws down mouth corners |
| Mentalis | doubt expression. covers front of chin,raises lower lip causing chin to wrinkle |
| Platysma | Fear expression. sides of neck and chin,draws mouth corners down & up |
| Trapezius | On the back - pulls head back |
| Deltoid | Lifts arm up |
| Pectoralis | chest |
| masseter | chew |
| sterno-cleido mastiod mastiod | rotates head |