1. Facial Muscles

2. Cranial Nerve 7 Innervates the muscles of the face
Non verbal expressions

3. Frontalis Muscle Frontalis muscle: raises eyebrows

4. Corrugator Supercilli
Corrugator supercilli muscles: pulls eyebrows medially
Down and In

5. Procerus Muscle
Procerus muscle: pulls the skin by the eyebrows medially and down

6. Orbicularis Oculi
Orbicularis oculi muscle: orbital part: “scrunch up” the eyelid
Orbicularis oculi muscle: palpebral part: close eyelid

7. Orbicularis Oris Orbicularis oris muscle: closes lips

8. Buccinator Buccinator: cheek compression

9. Levator Anguli Oris
Levator anguli oris: sneering: pulls angle of mouth laterally smiling: bilateral movement

10. Levator Labii Superior Alaeque Nasi
Levator labii superior alaeque nasi: elevate the upper lip, dilates the nostrils

11. Levator Labii Superioris
Levator labii superioris: elevates the upper lip, protracts the upper lip

12. Depressor Anguli Oris
Depressor anguli oris: pulls mouth down and laterally

13. Depressor Labii Inferioris
Depressor labii inferioris: curls lip downwards and laterally

14. Mentalis Mentalis: protrudes the lower lip as in pouting or sulking

15. Platysma
Platysma: depresses lower lip and angle of mouth, expression of horror

16. Zygomaticus Major and Minor
Zygomaticus major: draws the angles of the mouth upward and laterally as in laughing

17. Practice
Identify the following facial muscles