MUSCLES of FACIAL EXPRESSIONS Flashcards
ORBICULARIS OCCULI
Origin and Innervation?
O: ORBITAL PART- MAXILLARY process of the
FRONTAL bone and FRONTAL process of MAXILLA
PALPEBRAL PART- Palpebral ligament
LACRIMAL PART- Lacrimal Crest of the Lacrimal bone
N: FACIAL NERVE (CN VII)
ORBICULARIS OCCULI
Insertion?
I: Circumferentially around orbit with the insertion
meeting at the origin
ORBICULARIS OCCULI
Action?
A: CLOSES eye TIGHTLY, squinting, DEPRESSION of
Upper eyelid
PALPABREL PART-ELEVATION of LOWER LID
LEVATOR PALPABRAE SUPERIORIS
ORIGIN and INNERVATION?
O: INNER SURFACE of the LESSER WING of
SPHENOID BONE
N: OCULOMOTOR NERVE (CN III)
LEVATOR PALPABRAE SUPERIORIS
INSERTION?
I: Upper Eyelid (fascia and skin)
LEVATOR PALPABRAE SUPERIORIS
ACTION?
A: ELEVATION of UPPER EYELIDS
LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS
Origin and Innervation?
O: MEDIAL INFERIOR Orbital Margin of maxilla
more medial and superior to LAO
N: FACIAL NERVE (CN VII)
LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS
INSERTION?
I: Upper Lip muscles
(NOT MODIOLUS, CLOSE TO MEDIAL UPPER LIP, fibres run at a slight medial angle from orbital margin to upper lip)
LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS
ACTION?
A: ELEVATION and EVERSION of upper lip
LEVATOR ANGULI ORIS
ORIGIN and INNERVATION?
O: slightly INFERIOR to the FORAMEN of MAXILLA
N: FACIAL NERVE (CN VII)
LEVATOR ANGULI ORIS
INSERTION?
I: MODIOLUS (near angle of the mouth)
slightly more lateral than LLS, and muscle fibres travel vertical
LEVATOR ANGULI ORIS
ACTION?
A: ELEVATES ANGLE of mouth (smiling)
what is MODIOLUS?
-Facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue
-Located LATERAL and slightly SUPERIOR to each angle
of the mouth
what muscles area included in MODIOLUS?
1 ORBICULARIS ORIS 2 RISORIUS 3 BUCCINATOR 4 ZYGOMATICUS MAJOR 5 LEVATOR ANGULI ORIS 6 DEPRESSIOR ANGULI ORIS 7 QUADRATUS LABII SUPERIORIS 8 QUADRATUS LABII INFERIORIS
LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS ALAEQUE NASI
ORIGIN and INNERVATION?
O: FRONTAL PROCESS of maxilla
N: FACIAL NERVE (CN VII)
LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS ALAEQUE NASI
INSERTION?
I: LATERAL SLIP- UPPER LIP muscles
MEDIAL SLIP- ALAR CARTILAGE of nose
LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS ALAEQUE NASI
ACTION?
A: RAISES and PROTRUDES UPPER LIP (horses face)
RISORIUS
ORIGIN and INNERVATION?
O: PAROTID FASCIA (over masseter)
N: Facial Nerve (CN VII)
RISORIUS
INSERTION?
I: MODIOLUS (angle of mouth)
RISORIUS
ACTION?
A: pulls ANGLE of mouth LATERALLY (fake smile)
ZYGOMATICUS MINOR
ORIGIN and INNERVATION?
O: ZYGOMATIC BONE (maxillary process of zyg. bone)
N: facial nerve (CN VII)
ZYGOMATICUS MINOR
insertion?
I: ORBICULARIS ORIS (skin, muscles, fascia of upper lip)
ZYGOMATICUS MINOR
ACTION?
A: ELEVATION and EVERSION of UPPER LIP (scary smile)
ORBICULARIS ORIS
ORIGIN and INNERVATION?
O: MODIOLUS
N: FACIAL NERVE (CN VII)
ORBICULARIS ORIS
INSERTION?
I: circumferentially around mouth blending with other muscles
ORBICULARIS ORIS
ACTION?
A: CLOSES and PROTRUDES LIPS; PUCKERS LIPS
(duck face)
ZYGOMATICUS MAJOR
ORIGIN and INNERVATION
O: ZYGOMATIC BONE (Temporal Process of zyg. bone)
N: facial nerve (CN VII)