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Muscle Face
Muscles of the face origin insertion action
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
05/02/2011

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Term
nasalis
Definition

O: maxilla lateral to nose

 

I. bridge and alar cartilage of nose

 

a: holds alar cartilage in place

Term
Frontalis
Definition

action: elevate brows, crease forehead, move scalp

 

origin: 

galea aponeurotica

 

Insertion:

subcutaneous tissue of eyebrows

Term
Occipitalis
Definition

action: retract scalp

 

i: epicranial aponeurosis (galea aponeurotica)

 

o: superior nuchal line and temporal bone

Term
orbicularis oculi
Definition

o: lacrimal, adj region of frontal and maxilla, angle of eyelids

 

I. upper and lower eyelids, skin around orbital margins

 

A: blinking

Term
orbicularis oris
Definition

O: modiolis of mouth

 

I: sumucosa and dermis of lips

 

A: closes and protrudes lips

Term
zygomaticus major
Definition

O:zygomatic bone

 

I: superolateral angle of mouth

 

A: draw angle of mouth upward for smiling

Term
risorius
Definition

O: zygomatic arch

 

I: modiolus of mouth

 

A: draw angle of mouth laterally (laughing)

Term
Mentalis
Definition

O: mandicle near lower incisors

 

I: skin of chin at mental protuberance

 

A: elevatio and protrusion of lower lip

Term
Buccinator
Definition

O: alveolar processes on lateral surface of maxilla and mandible

 

I: submucosa of cheek and lips; fleshy with orbicularis oris

 

A: puffing cheeks

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