Muscles of Facial Expression and Mastication Quiz

What is the muscle that encloses the mouth and helps to close it or purse the lips, for example, when whistling?

• Orbicularis Oris

• Zygomaticus Major

• Levator Labii Superioris

What is the muscle that helps lift the corners of the mouth to smile?

• Levator Labii Superioris

• Depressor Anguli Oris

• Risorius

• Depressor Labii Inferioris

What is the muscle that helps to furrow the brow and express displeasure?

• Corrugator Supercilii

• Zygomaticus Major

• Orbicularis Oculi

• Depressor Supercilii

What is the muscle that helps to open and close the eyes?

• Depressor Supercilii

• Orbicularis Oculi

• Corrugator Supercilii

• Zygomaticus Major

What is the muscle that helps to raise the upper lip and show the teeth, as in a sneering expression?

• Levator Labii Superioris

• Depressor Labii Inferioris

• Orbicularis Oris

• Zygomaticus Major

What is the muscle that helps to elevate the upper lip?

• Orbicularis Oris

• Zygomaticus Major

• Levator Labii Superioris

• Depressor Labii Inferioris

What is the muscle that helps to wrinkle the nose and furrow the forehead?

• Levator Labii Superioris

• Procerus

• Orbicularis Oculi

• Depressor Septi Nasi

What is the muscle that helps to open the nostrils?

• Depressor Septi Nasi

• Procerus

• Transverse Nasalis

• Dilator Nares

What is the muscle that helps to move the ears?

• Anterior Auricular

• Posterior Auricular

• Superior Auricular

• Orbicularis Oculi

What is the muscle that helps to raise the eyebrows and wrinkle the forehead?

• Frontalis

• Orbicularis Oculi

• Depressor Supercilii

• Corrugator Supercilii