| A | B |
| Frontalis | Lifts the eyebrows which causes horizontal creases to appear |
| Corrugator | Draws the eyebrows together, as in frowning |
| Orbicularis oculi | Closes the eyes |
| Temporalis | Raises the jaw when we chew |
| Masseter | Muscle of chewing |
| Zygomaticus major and minor | Pulls the corners of the mouth upwards in smiling |
| Risorius | Pulls the corners of the mouth as in kissing or whistling |
| Orbicularis oris | Purses the lips and closes the mouth |
| Buccinator | Maintains tension in the cheeks and used when blowing |
| Mentalis | Lifts the skin of the chin |
| Spenius capitis | Rotates the neck |
| Splenius cervicis | Flexes neck laterally |
| Platysma | Pulls the jaw and causes the neck to wrinkle |
| Sternocleidomastoid | Flexes the neck, rotates the head from side to side and bows the head forward |