1. Muscles of the Face, Head and Neck

2.  Muscles of the face originate on the surface of the skull and insert into the dermis of the skin…when the muscles contract, the skin moves  Largest group of facial muscles are associated with the mouth

3.  Region: cephalic/mouth  Action: compresses cheeks towards teeth  Ex: playing a trumpet

4.  Region: cephalic/mouth  Action: compresses, purses lips  Ex: kissing

5.  Region: cephalic/mouth  Action: depresses corner of mouth  Ex: frowning

6.  Region: cephalic/mouth  Action: draws corner of mouth upward  Ex: smiling

7.  Region: cephalic/eye  Action: closes eye  Ex: blinking, squinting

8.  Region: cephalic/scalp  Action: raises eyebrow, wrinkles forehead

9.  Region: cephalic/scalp  Action: tenses and retracts the scalp

10.  Region: mandible  Action: closes mandible  Ex: closes mouth during chewing

11.  Region: mandible  Action: elevates, protracts and/or moves mandible side to side

12.  Region: cephalic/mandible  Action: elevates mandible  Ex: clenching your jaw, crushing food

13.  Region: cervical  Action: tenses skin of neck, depresses mandible

14.  Region: cervical  Action: depresses mandible and elevates larynx  Ex: opening mouth

15.  Region: cervical  Action: elevates floor of mouth and hyoid and/or depresses mandible  Actually forms the floor of the oral cavity

16.  Region: cervical  Action: depresses hyoid bone and larynx

17.  Region: cervical  Action: depresses hyoid and larynx

18.  Region: cervical  Action: elevates larynx

19.  Region: cervical  Action: both sides together flex the neck; one side alone bends head toward shoulder and turns face to opposite side

20. frontalis temporalis Orbicularis oculi masseter buccinator Depressor anguli sternocleidomastoid zygomaticus Orbicularis oris platysma

21. Frontalis

22. Buccinator and orbicularis oris

23. Orbicularis oculi

24. Platysma

25. Orbicularis oris

26. Depressor Anguli Oris

27. Pectoralis major Pectoantebrachialis Clavobrachialis Clavotrapezius Cleidomastoid Sternomastoid Sternohyoid Mylohyoid Digastric Masseter