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The facial muscles are just under the skin (subcutaneous) muscles that control facial expression. They generally originate from the surface of the skull bone (rarely the fascia), and insert on the skin of the face. When they contract, the skin moves. These muscles also cause wrinkles at right angles to the muscles’ action line. [2]
The levator labii superioris (pl.: levatores labii superioris, also called quadratus labii superioris, pl.: quadrati labii superioris) is a muscle of the human body used in facial expression. It is a broad sheet, the origin of which extends from the side of the nose to the zygomatic bone. [1]
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Zygomaticus major muscle (associated with smiling). Facial EMG has been studied to assess its utility as a tool for measuring emotional reaction. [3] Studies have found that activity of the corrugator muscle, which lowers the eyebrow and is involved in producing frowns, varies inversely with the emotional valence of presented stimuli and reports of mood state [citation needed].
Muscles of head and neck. The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a system to taxonomize human facial movements by their appearance on the face, based on a system originally developed by a Swedish anatomist named Carl-Herman Hjortsjö. [1] It was later adopted by Paul Ekman and Wallace V. Friesen, and published in 1978. [2]
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Anteromedially, it blends with the epimysium of some facial muscles; [3] a link between facial muscles and the skin of the face is thereby established, enabling facial expression. [2]: 429 Over the parotid gland, the SMAS is firmly united with the superficial layer of parotid fascia. [4]