Anatom3DMuscles of the face & scalp
Musculi faciei et epicranii · Svaly obličeje a klenby lební
Muscles
Looks like
Thin sheets of muscle that attach to skin rather than bone, around the eyes, mouth and brow.
What it does
Make every expression, close the eyes, keep food in the mouth and shape speech.
Keeping it well
They work all day and need nothing. A face that droops on one side, suddenly, is Bell's palsy or a stroke until proven otherwise.
Its parts
- Frontalis
- Occipitalis
- Orbicularis oculi
- Orbicularis oris
- Zygomaticus major & minor
- Buccinator
- Masseter
- Temporalis
- Medial & lateral pterygoids
- Platysma
- Corrugator supercilii
- Depressor anguli oris
- Depressor labii inferioris
- Depressor septi nasi
- Epicranial aponeurosis
- Levator anguli oris
- Levator labii superioris
- Levator nasolabialis
- Mentalis muscle
- Nasalis muscle
- Procerus muscle
- Risorius muscle
- Temporoparietalis muscle