facial expression: auricularis anterior - buccinator - corrugator supercilii - depressor anguli oris - depressor labii inferioris - depressor septi nasi - frontalis - levator anguli oris - levator labii superioris - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi - levator palpebrae superioris - mentalis - nasalis - occipitalis - orbicularis oculi - orbicularis oris - platysma - procerus - risorius - zygomatic major - zygomaticus minor Jump to: navigation, search A top-down view of skeletal muscle Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of muscles of the human anatomy. ... Photographs from the 1862 book Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine by Guillaume Duchenne. ... Jump to: navigation, search The muscles of the auricula. ... Buccinator The buccinator is a muscle of which the bulk of is located in the cheeks. ... Left obicularis oculi notice the corrugator muscle at the top The Corrugator supercilii is a small, narrow, pyramidal muscle, placed at the medial end of the eyebrow, beneath the Frontalis and Orbicularis oculi. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Depressor anguli oris is a muscle of the human body. ... The Depressor labii is part of a small quadrilateral muscle. ... The Depressor septi nasi is a muscle of the human body, in the nose. ... The Frontalis is a muscle of the human body. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Levator anguli oris is a muscle of the human body. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Levator labii superioris is a muscle of the human body used in facial expression. ... The levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle is, translated from Latin, the lifter of the upper lip and of the wing of the nose. It is the muscle with the longest name in the human body. ... The levator palpebrae superioris muscle is a muscle in the orbit that elevates the superior (upper) eyelid. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Mentalis is a muscle of the human body. ... The Nasalis (Compressor naris) is a sphincter-like muscle of the nose whose function is to compress the nasal cartilege. ... The Occipitalis muscle is a muscle of the human body. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Orbicularis oculi is a muscle of the human body. ... The orbicularis oris is the sphincter muscle around the mouth. ... The platysma is a superficial muscle that stretches from the clavicle to the mandible overlapping the sternocleidomastoid. ... Procerus muscle Origin/Proximal Attatchment: From fascia over the lower of the nasal bone Insertion/Distal Attatchment: Into the skin of the lower part of the forehead between the eyebrows Action/Relevance: Draws down the medial angle of the eyebrow giving expressions of frowning Innervation: Buccal branch of the facial... The Risorius is a muscle of the human body. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Zygomatic major is a muscle of the human body. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Zygomaticus minor is a muscle of the human body. ...

mastication: lateral pterygoid - masseter - medial pterygoid - temporalis Mastication or chewing is the process by which food is torn and/or crushed by teeth. ... The lateral pterygoid is a muscle of mastication with two heads. ... In human anatomy, the masseter is one of the muscles of mastication. ... The medial pterygoid is a muscle of mastication with two heads. ... The temporalis muscle is one of the muscles of mastication. ...

tongue: genioglossus - hyoglossus - styloglossus - palatoglossus - superior longitudinal muscle - inferior longitudinal muscle - verticalis muscle - transversus muscle Many animals have longer and more flexible tongues than humans. ...

extraocular: inferior oblique - inferior rectus - lateral rectus - medial rectus - superior oblique - superior rectus Jump to: navigation, search The extraocular muscles are the six muscles that control the movements of the eye. ... The inferior oblique muscle is a muscle in the orbit that adducts (medially rotates) and elevates the eyeball. ... The inferior rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit that depresses, adducts, and rotates the eye laterally. ... The lateral rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit that abducts the eyeball (makes it move outwards). ... The medial rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit that adducts the eyeball (makes it move inwards). ... The superior oblique muscle is a muscle in the orbit that causes the eye to look downwards when it is already directed medially (looking towards the nose). ... The superior rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit that elevates, adducts, and rotates the eye medially. ...

intraocular: Ciliary body - iris dilator - iris sphincter Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... There are two sets of ciliary muscles in the eye. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Iris dilator muscle is a muscle of the human body. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Iris sphincter muscle is a muscle of the human body. ...