Facial muscles
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The facial muscles are a group of striated skeletal muscles innervated by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) that, among other things, control facial expression. These muscles are also called mimetic muscles.
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The muscles of facial expression
See also: facial muscles.
- Auricularis anterior muscle
- Buccinator muscle
- Corrugator supercilii muscle
- Depressor anguli oris muscle
- Depressor labii inferioris muscle
- Depressor septi nasi muscle
- Frontalis muscle
- Levator anguli oris muscle
- Levator labii superioris muscle
- Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle
- Mentalis muscle
- modiolus
- Nasalis muscle
- Orbicularis oculi muscle
- Orbicularis oris muscle
- Platysma muscle
- Procerus muscle
- Risorius muscle
- Zygomaticus major muscle
- Zygomaticus minor muscle
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