Muscular system
Zygomaticus minor muscle
Musculus zygomaticus minor
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Facial muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The zygomaticus minor muscle is a muscle of facial expression. It originates from the zygomatic bone, lateral to the rest of the levator labii superioris muscle, and inserts into the outer part of the upper lip.
It draws the upper lip backward, upward, and outward and is used in smiling. It is innervated by the facial nerve (VII).
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Names
- Latin
- Musculus zygomaticus minor
- English
- Zygomaticus minor muscle
- French
- Muscle petit zygomatique
- Spanish
- Músculo cigomático menor
- Portuguese
- Músculo zigomático menor
In the same group
- 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