Muscles of Facial Expression Flashcards
Muscle of facial expression blood supply
Usually facial artery
What cranial nerve is the facial nerve?
Cranial nerve 7
Are the muscles of facial expression paired or not paired?
Paired
Facial expressions usually work together
Epicranius frontal belly
Origin-
Insertion-
Origin-Epicracial aponeurosis
Insertion- eyebrow and root of nose
Epicranius occipital belly
origin-
insertion-
Origin-Occipital and temporal bones
Insertion-epicranial aponeurosis
Epicranius action
Raises eyebrows and scalp
Surprised look
Orbicularis oculi orbital portion
Origin
Insertion
Origin-orbital rim
Insertion- skin lateral to eye
Orbicularis oculi palpebral portion
Origin-
Insertion-
Origin-medial and lateral corners of eye
Insertion-shared with origin
Orbicularis oculi
Action
Closes the eye, Squinting, eyelid, working more of orbital
Circles the eyes
Orbicularis oculi
Eye optic
Makes up our eyebrow muscles
Corrugator
Corrugator supercilii
Origin
Insertion
Origin-frontal bone
Insertion-skin lateral to eyebrow
Corrugator supercilii action
Moves skin of eyebrow medial and inferior, vertical wrinkles on forehead, lowers eyebrow.
*furrows the brow
Procerus
Origin-
Insertion-
Origin- nasal bone
Insertion- skin of forehead
Procerus action
Horizontal wrinkles between the eyebrows, wrinkles in between eyebrows
Levator labii superioris alaque nasi
Action-
“Elevate lip upper angle nose”
Flaring of nostrils(nares), raise upper lip and angle of nose