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Muscles of the Face
Muscles of Facial expression and mastication
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Occipitofrontalis | Raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead horizontally |
| Corrugator supercilii | Wrinkles forehead vertically |
| Orbicularis oculi | Closes eye |
| Zygomaticus major | Laughing |
| Orbicularis Oris | Draws lips together |
| Buccinator | facilitates smiling, blowing |
| Depressor anguli oris | Draws end of mouth downward |
| Masseter | Elevates mandible |
| Temporalis | Elevates mandile |
| Pterygoids | Grates teeth |
| Sternocleidomastoid | flexes head and neck |
| trapezius | Raises or lowers the shoulders and shrugs them |
| Semispinalis capitis | bends the head and neck |
| Splenuis Capitis | extends the head and neck |
| Longissimus Captis | extends the head and neck |