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THE ORBITAL MUSCLE GROUP

MOVE THE EYEBROWS AND THE SKIN OF THE FOREHEAD


 frontalis, procerus, and corrugator supercilii muscles
LOWERS THE INNER ENDS OF THE EYEBROWS
 corrugator supercilii
DEPRESSES THE INNER ENDS OF THE EYEBROWS
 procerus
MOVING THE EYELIDS AND PORTIONS OF THE EYEBROWS
 orbicularis oculi and depressor supercilii
MOVE THE EYE IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS
 extrinsic eye muscles, or extra-ocular muscles
THE EXTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES MOVES THE UPPER EYELID
 levator palpebrae superioris
CLOSES OR SQUEEZES THE UPPER LID
 orbicularis oculi muscle
LIFTING THE UPPER LID IN AN EXAGGERATED MANNER
 levator palpebrae superioris
BLINKING, WINKING, AND SQUINTING
 orbicularis oculi

THE NASAL MUSCLE GROUP


LOWERING AND COMPRESSING THE WINGS OF THE NOSE AND SLIGHTLY LOWERING THE TIP OF THE
NOSE.
 Nasalis muscles
LIFT UP THE WINGS OF THE NOSE AND THE CENTRAL UPPER LIP
 levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscles or LLSAN muscles

THE ORAL MUSCLE GROUP


CLOSES THE LIPS
 orbicularis oris
COMPRESSES THE CHEEKS AND PULLS THE LIPS TIGHTLY ACROSS THE TEETH
 buccinator
IT LIFTS THE UPPER LIP
 levator labii superioris
PULLS ON THE UPPER LIP AND THE NASOLABIAL FOLD
 zygomaticus minor
DRAW THE OUTER CORNERS OF THE MOUTH DOWNWARD
 depressor anguli oris
HELP DRAW THE LOWER LIP DOWNWARD, SLIGHTLY EXPOSING THE LOWER TEETH.
 depressor labii inferioris

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