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- BucinatorThe buccinator is the thin, flat cheek muscle filling the gap between the jaws and forming the side wall of the mouth.
- Corrugator superciliiMusculus corrugator superciliiThe corrugator supercilii is a small, narrow muscle at the inner end of each eyebrow that pulls the brow down and inwards in a frown.
- Deep part of masseterPars profunda masseterisThe deep part of the masseter is the smaller inner layer of this chewing muscle, from zygomatic arch to upper mandibular ramus.
- Depressor anguli orisThe depressor anguli oris is a triangular muscle beside the chin that pulls the corner of the mouth down in a frown.
- Depressor labii inferiorisThe depressor labii inferioris is a small, four-sided facial muscle below the lower lip that pulls the lip down and turns it outwards.
- Depressor septi nasiThe depressor septi nasi is a small muscle under the upper lip that pulls the nasal septum and nostril margins down, narrowing the nostrils.
- Frontalis muscleMusculus frontalisThe frontalis is the thin, broad muscle sheet over the forehead that raises the eyebrows and wrinkles the forehead skin horizontally.
- Genioglossus muscleMusculus genioglossusThe genioglossus is the fan-shaped muscle rising from the inner chin that forms most of the tongue and pushes it out.
- Hyoglossus muscleMusculus hyoglossusThe hyoglossus is a thin, flat tongue muscle rising from the hyoid bone into the side of the tongue, which it pulls down.
- Inferior head of lateral pterygoid muscleCaput inferius musculi pterygoidei lateralisThe inferior head of the lateral pterygoid is the larger part of this jaw-opening muscle, from pterygoid plate to mandibular neck.
- Inferior oblique muscleMusculus obliquus inferior bulbi oculiThe inferior oblique is a thin eye muscle at the front of the orbital floor that rotates the eyeball outwards and lifts its gaze.
- Inferior rectus muscleMusculus rectus inferiorThe inferior rectus is the straight muscle under the eyeball that runs from the back of the orbit and turns the gaze downwards.
- Lateral rectus muscleMusculus rectus lateralis bulbi oculiThe lateral rectus is the straight muscle on the outer side of the eyeball that turns the eye away from the nose.
- Levator anguli orisThe levator anguli oris is a deep facial muscle running from the maxilla's canine fossa to the mouth's corner, which it raises.
- Levator labii superiorisThe levator labii superioris is a flat facial muscle running from the lower orbital rim into the upper lip, which it lifts.
- Levator nasolabialisLevator labii superioris alaeque nasi: a narrow muscle beside the nose that lifts both the upper lip and the wing of the nostril.
- Levator palpebrae superiorisThe levator palpebrae superioris is the thin muscle in the roof of the orbit that raises the upper eyelid and keeps the eye open.
- Medial pterygoid muscleMusculus pterygoideus medialisThe medial pterygoid is a thick, four-sided chewing muscle on the inner side of the mandibular ramus that closes the jaw.
- Medial rectus muscleMusculus rectus medialisThe medial rectus is the straight eye muscle on the nasal side of the eyeball that turns the eye inwards towards the nose.
- Mentalis muscleMusculus mentalisThe mentalis is a small, cone-shaped muscle at the point of the chin that raises and pushes out the lower lip, as in pouting.
- Nasalis muscleMusculus nasalisThe nasalis is the main nose muscle: a transverse part compresses the nasal cartilages and an alar part flares the nostrils.
- Occipitalis muscleMusculus occipitalisThe occipitalis is the thin, four-sided back belly of the scalp muscle, running from the back of the skull to the epicranial aponeurosis.
- Orbicularis oris muscleMusculus orbicularis orisThe orbicularis oris is the ring of muscle inside the lips that surrounds the mouth opening, closing it and pursing the lips.
- Orbital part of orbicularis oculiPars orbitalis musculi orbicularis oculiThe orbital part of orbicularis oculi is the thick outer ring of the eyelid sphincter, lying over the orbital rim and closing the eye tightly.