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Facial Muscles
muscles and functions
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
02/04/2010

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orbicularis oris
Definition
moves the lips
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buccinator
Definition
pulls back the angle of the mouth and flattens the cheek
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mentalis
Definition
raises and pushes up the lower lip
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depressor anguli oris
Definition
depresses and draws angle of mouth laterally
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zygomatic maj
Definition
elevates and draws angle of mouth laterally
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orbicularis oculi
Definition
closes eyelids, aids passage and drainage of tears
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nasalis
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opens and closes nostrils
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temporalis
Definition
elevates mandible and retracts posterior fibers
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lateral pterygoid
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depresses and protracts mandible to open mouth
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medial pterygoid
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elevates and assists in closing jaw
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platysma
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depresses and wrinkles skin of lower face and mouth
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corrugator supercilii
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wrinkles forehead, brings eyebrows together
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frontalis
Definition
wrinkles forehead and fixes galeal aponeurosis
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masseter
Definition
elevates mandible
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