Facial Muscles

Question 1

Orbicularis occuli

Answer 1

Orbital part - surrounds eyelids, buries eyes

Palpebral part - within eyelids, closes eyes

Question 2

Compressor naris

Answer 2

Compress nasal cartilages

Question 3

Dilator naris

Answer 3

Dilates nostrils

Question 4

Procerus

Answer 4

Wrinkles skin of nose

Question 5

Orbicularis Oris

Answer 5

Surrounds lips, closes mouth

Question 6

Levator Labii Superioris

Answer 6

Lifts upper lip

Question 7

Zygomaticus major and minor

Answer 7

Raise and pull upper lip laterally

Question 8

Levator anguli oris

Answer 8

Raises corner of mouth

Clinical - drooping of corner of mouth in Bell’s Palsy

Question 9

Risorius

Answer 9

Smiling muscle

Question 10

Depressor anguli oris

Answer 10

Tragedy muscle

Question 11

Depressor Labii Inferioris

Answer 11

Depresses lower lip

Question 12

Mentalis

Answer 12

Wrinkles kin of chin

Question 13

Buccinator

Answer 13

Compresses mouth and keeps food between teeth when chewing

Clinical - patient’s with Bell’s palsy have difficulty eating food

Question 14

Frontalis and Occipitalis

Answer 14

Move scalp (attach to epicranial aponeurosis)

Frontalis raises eyebrows

Clinical - drooping of eye brow in Bell’s Palsy

Question 15

Platysma

Answer 15

Stretches skin of neck