Muscles of Facial Expression
Muscles of Facial Expression
The muscles in the oral group move the lips and cheek.
• Orbicularis oris and
• Buccinator muscles, and
• A lower and an upper group of muscles.
Modiolus: is a point at corner of mouth, where 8 muscles meet. It balances and maintains symmetry of angle
Orbicularis oris
• The orbicularis oris- completely encircles the mouth.
• Origin: from maxilla & mandible. Blends with other muscles associated with lips (majority of fibres from
Buccinator)
• Insertion: encircles mouth & inserts into muscles and skin at angle of mouth (Modiolus)
• Actions: Closes the lips, Purses & protrudes lips, Kissing and Whistling muscle
Platysma
Blood Supply Of Face
v • Facial Artery
• Transverse Facial Artery
• Arteries Accompanying
Cutaneous Nerves—
supraorbital, Supratrochlear,
Mental, Infraorbital
Facial Artery
• Arises from external carotid at
neck and enters face by winding
v around lower border of mandible,
Branches of Facial Artery anterior to masseter
• passes lateral to angle of mouth,
1. Inferior labial
side of nose, to medial angle of eye
2. Superior labial • end by anastomosing with dorsal
3. Lateral nasal nasal branch of ophthalmic artery
4. Muscular
NERVE SUPPLY of FACE
Bell’s palsy
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