Facial Muscles
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zygomaticus
3 branches that draws corners of mouth upward. Origin: zygomatic bone. Insertion: orbicularis oris
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buccinator
Pushes your cheeks in when blowing out. Origin: muscles near mouth. Insertion: skin of lips
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orbicularis oculi
Closes your eyes. Origin: maxillary and frontal bones. Insertion: skin around eyes
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platysma
Causes the corners of your mouth to be drawn downward. Origin: fascia of the chest. Insertion: lower border in lower mandible
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frontalis
Furrowing your brow. Origin: occipital bone. Insertion: skin and muscles around the eye
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occipitalis
Unfurrows your brow. Origin: occipital bone. Insertion: skin and muscles around the eye
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epicranial aponeurosis
Connects the two portion of the Occipitofrontalis
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masseter
Raises the mandible. Origin: zygomatic bone. Insertion: mandible
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temporalis
Closes jaw. Origin: temporal bone. Insertion: mandible
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sternocleidomastoid
turn one side, head/chin to chest
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splenius capitis
Rotates head, bends head to one side, or brings head into an upright position
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semispinalis capitis
Rotates head, bends head to one side, or brings head into an upright position
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