Muscles of Facial Expression Identification

What is the muscle that encircles the mouth?

• orbicularis oculi

• frontalis

• orbicularis oris

• platysma

• temporalis

Making one's jaw move side-to-side will activate the

• masseter

• Pterygoids

• Infrahyoids

• platysma

• temporalis

Raising one eyebrow at a time is performed by the

• Epicranius

• Zygomaticus

• Depressor angulii

• Orbicularis Oris

• gluteus maximus

Which muscle will aid in blowing forcefully out the mouth, as if to play a musical instrument?

• Buccinator

• masseter

• Mentalis

• zygomaticus

• orbicularis oris

Squinting your eyes is a product of the

• Frontalis

• Orbicularis Oris

• Orbicularis Occuli

• zygomaticus

• platysma

This muscle originates at the cheekbone and draws the corners of the mouth up when you smile

• Orbicularis Oris

• Zygomaticus Major

• Buccinator

• Masseter

• occipitalis

This large, flat muscle inserts along the mandible and pulls your lip down as in grumpy cat

• Buccinator

• Platysma

• Medial Pterygoid

• Lateral Pterygoid

• Orbicularis oculi

This muscle is named for the chewing action it produces

• Buccinator

• Masseter

• Lateral Pterygoid

• Medial Pterygoid

• temporalis

This muscle is named for its origin on the side of the head and it inserts on the mandible.

• Epicranius

• Temporalis

• Lateral pterogoid

• Medial pterogoid

• masseter

What muscle allows you to smile?

• Triangularis

• Orbicularis oris

• depressor angularis

• Zygomaticus

• buccinator