UNLV School of Medicine Virtual Anatomy Lab

IV.D.1 Face: Facial Muscles Page 1 of 7

Objectives:

5.1.1 Identify the muscles of facial expression and the scalp.

5.1.2 Describe how these muscles work to give you expression.

5.1.3 Identify the innervation of these muscles.

Assigned Readings:

Moore's COA: Pages 851-857. See the blue boxes on pages 870-871 for clinical correlations. See the yellow box on page 812 for "The Bottom Line."

Neuroanatomy: Page 61.

Step 1:  Begin with the skull.
facial muscles

The muscles of facial expression can be divided into four major groups. These are: