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Muscular System
Muscles of the face, head, and neck
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Physiology
Undergraduate 2
03/22/2012

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Frontalis
Definition
raises the eyebrows
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Occipitalis
Definition
draws scalp posteriorly
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Orbicularis oris
Definition
puckers the mouth as in kissing
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Orbicularis oculi
Definition
closes each eye as in blinking
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Zygomaticus major
Definition
pulls the corners of the mouth superiorly as in smiling
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Platysma
Definition
depresses the lower lip and mandible; tenses neck skin
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temporalis
Definition
elevates and retracts the mandible
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masseter
Definition
elevates and protracts the mandible
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sternocleidomastoid
Definition
if one side contracts, the head rotates to the opposite side, if both contract, flexion of the head is the result
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