Group · Muscular system
Facial muscles
Musculi faciales
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Superficial muscles of head
DescriptionUnreviewed
The facial muscles are a group of striated skeletal muscles supplied by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) that, among other things, control facial expression.
These muscles are also called mimetic muscles.
They are only found in mammals, although they derive from neural crest cells found in all vertebrates.
They are the only muscles that attach to the dermis.
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Parts
- Bucinator
- Corrugator supercilii
- Depressor anguli oris
- Depressor labii inferioris
- Depressor septi nasi
- Levator anguli oris
- Levator labii superioris
- Levator nasolabialis
- Mentalis muscle
- Nasalis muscle
- Orbicularis oris muscle
- Orbital part of orbicularis oculi
- Palpebral part of orbicularis oculi
- Procerus muscle
- Risorius muscle
- Zygomaticus major muscle
- Zygomaticus minor muscle
Names
- Latin
- Musculi faciales
- English
- Facial muscles
- French
- Muscles faciaux
- Spanish
- Músculos faciales
- Portuguese
- Músculos faciais