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Frontalis
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Raises eyebrows and wrinkles forehead
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Orbicularis Oculi
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Blinking, squinting, and draws eyebrows downwards
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Zygomaticus
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Raises corners of mouth "smiling muscle"
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Buccinator
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Makes lips round to whistle, compress cheeks and assists in chewing
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Orbicularis Oris
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Encircles mouth, closes lips, purses and protrudes "kissing muscle"
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Platysma
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Helps depress mandible, extends to lower lip (pout), draws down corners of mouth, and tenses skin of neck
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Occipitalis
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Pulls scalp backwards
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Masseter
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Prime mover of jaw clencher, elevates mandible, "chewing muscle" and clenches teeth
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Sternocleidomastoid
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Contract together -- flex head to chest and draws head to contracting side
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Cranial Aponeurosis
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Muscle connecting head from front to back and the skull
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