TMJ: Muscles of Facial Expression Flashcards
Occipitofrontalis muscle
raises eyebrows
Corrugator supercilli muscle
pulls eyebrows down and medially
Procerus muscle
pulls eybrows medially
Orbicularis Oculi (Orbital part)
“scrunch up” eyelids
Orbicularis Oculi (Palpebral part)
close eyelid
Orbicularis Oris
closes lips
Buccinator
cheek compression
Levator Anguli Oris
snearing
pulls angle of mouth laterally smiling
bilateral movement
Levator Labiis Superior (alaeque nasi)
elevates/protracts the upper lip
dilates the nostrils
Levator Labiis Superioris
elevates the upper lip
protracts the upper lip
Zygomaticus Major
draws the angles of the mouth upward and laterally as in laughing
Mentalis
protrudes the lower lip as in pouting or sulking
Depressor Angulioris
pulls mouth down and laterally
Depressor Labii Inferioris
curls lip downwards and laterally
Platysma
depresses lower lip and angle of mouth
expression of horror