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Facial Muscles

Facial Muscle and action

AB
FrontalisLifts the eyebrows which causes horizontal creases to appear
CorrugatorDraws the eyebrows together, as in frowning
Orbicularis oculiCloses the eyes
TemporalisRaises the jaw when we chew
MasseterMuscle of chewing
Zygomaticus major and minorPulls the corners of the mouth upwards in smiling
RisoriusPulls the corners of the mouth as in kissing or whistling
Orbicularis orisPurses the lips and closes the mouth
BuccinatorMaintains tension in the cheeks and used when blowing
MentalisLifts the skin of the chin
Spenius capitisRotates the neck
Splenius cervicisFlexes neck laterally
PlatysmaPulls the jaw and causes the neck to wrinkle
SternocleidomastoidFlexes the neck, rotates the head from side to side and bows the head forward

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