Muscles of facial expression
- Type
- Group
- Japanese
- 表情筋
- Reading
- ひょうじょうきん
- English
- Muscles of facial expression
- Latin
- Musculi faciei
- Main functions
- Facial expression
Connections
Nerve supply
Includes
- Anterior auricular muscle
- Buccinator
- Corrugator supercilii
- Depressor anguli oris
- Depressor labii inferioris
- Depressor septi nasi
- Depressor supercilii
- Levator anguli oris
- Levator labii superioris
- Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
- Mentalis
- Nasalis
- Occipitofrontalis
- Orbicularis oculi
- Orbicularis oris
- Procerus
- Risorius
- Temporoparietalis
- Zygomaticus major / minor
Articles
A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.
Also mentioned in
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- Orbicularis oculi: its three parts, function and the facial nerve
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