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Facial Muscles And Actions Flashcards

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Frontalis

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Elevates eye brows (forehead)

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Occipitalis

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Moves scalp (back of head)

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Orbicularis oris

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Purses lips (around lips)

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Obicularis oculi

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Closes eyes (around eye)

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Masseter

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Closes jaw (jaw line)

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Buccinator

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Presses cheek to teeth (small triangle under masseter)

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Temporalis

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Closes jaw (connects to temple bone)

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Sternocleidomastoid

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Turns head to opposite side (behind ear, down neck)

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Platysma

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Depresses mandible (anterior side of neck)

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Depressor anguli oris

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Depresses corners of mouth (outer chin muscles)

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Depression labii inferioris

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Depresses lower lip (between the anguli oris and mentalis)

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Mentalis

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Contempt facial expression (center of chin)

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