MUSCLES OF FACIAL EXPRESSION Flashcards
1
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Orbicularis oculi
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Closes eyelids (blinking)
2
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Orbicularis oris
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Purses lips; kissing
3
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Platysma
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Tenses skin of neck
4
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Occipitofrontalis (frontal belly)
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Raises eyebrows; wrinkles forehead
5
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Buccinator
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Tenses cheeks; suction
6
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Bell’s Palsy
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Damage to facial nerve (CN VII - 7)