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Muscles of the Face and Neck

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Muscle
Origin
Insertion
Action
Frontalis   Cranial aponeurosis   Skin of eyebrows   Raises eyebrows  
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Orbicularis Oculi   Frontal bone and Maxilla   Tissues around eyes   Blinks and closes eye  
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Corrugator Supercilii   Frontal bone   Skin of eyebrows   Draws eyebrows downward and medially  
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Orbicularis oris   Mandible and Maxilla   Skin and muscle around mouth   Closes and protrudes lips  
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Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi   Maxilla   Nasal cartilage and upper lip   Raises upper lip and flares nostrils  
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Levator labii superioris   Maxilla   Upper lip   Raises upper lip  
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Zygomaticus (major and minor)   Zygomatic bone   Skin and muscle at corner of lip   Elevates and raises the corner of lip  
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Buccinator   Mandible and Maxilla   Into orbicularis oris   Flattens cheek against teeth; aids in mastication  
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Temporalis   Temporal bone and Cranial aponeurosis   Mandible   Closes jaw and wiggles ears  
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Masseter   Temporal bone   Mandible   Closes jaw  
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Sternocleidomastoid   Sternum and Clavicle   Mastoid process of temporal bone   Flexes neck and rotates head  
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Platysma   Skin of delto-pectoral region   Skin of mandible   Depresses the lower lip  
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Sternohyoid   manubrium and Clavicle   Hyoid   Depresses hyoid and larynx  
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Omohyoid   Superior scapula and clavicle   Hyoid   Depresses hyoid and larynx  
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