Restorative Art - Muscles

a muscle of facial expression which elevates the angle of the mouth

Levator anguli oris

a muscle of facial expression which elevates and extends the upper lip

Levator labii superioris (quadratus)

a muscle of facial expression which elevates the upper lip and dilates the nostril opening; the common elevator

Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

a muscle of facial expression which raises the upper eyelid

Levator palpebrae superioris

muscles of mastication which close the mandible.

Masseter

the muscle which elevates and protrudes the inferior lip, wrinkles the skin over the chin.

Mentalis

the muscle that draws the scalp posteriorly and inferiorly and raises the eyebrows. (The large muscle which covers the top and sides of the skull from occipital bone to eyebrows.)

Occipitofrontalis (epicranius)

the muscle that closes the eyelids; compresses the lacrimal sacs.

Orbicularis oculi

the muscle that closes and puckers the lips

Orbicularis oris

the principal muscle of the cheek which compresses the cheeks and forms the lateral wall of the mouth

Buccinator

a pyramid-shaped muscle of facial expression which draws the eyebrows inferiorly and medially.

Corrugator

a muscle of facial expression which depresses the angle of the mouth

Depressor anguli oris/Triangularis Muscle

a muscle of facial expression which draws the lower lip inferiorly and slightly lateral.

Depressor labii inferioris/Quadratus Muscle

a double bellied muscle which draws the hyoid bone superiorly

Digastricus

thin layer of muscle covering anterior aspect of neck

Platysma

the muscle that draws the skin of the forehead inferiorly

Procerus

the large muscle from the cheekbone and lower rim of the eyesocket which raises the upper lip.

Quadratus labii superioris

the narrow superficial band of muscle which pulls the angle of the mouth laterally

Risorius

a muscle of the neck that is attached to the mastoid process of the temporal bone and by separate heads to the sternum and clavicle; marks the widest part of the neck

Sternocleidomastoideus

muscle of mastication which help to close the mandible (the strongest chewing muscles)

Temporalis

muscles of the face which draw the superior lip posteriorly and superiorly (the laughing muscle).

Zygomaticus major

muscles of the face which draw the superior lip superiorly and anteriorly

Zygomaticus minor