UNLV School of Medicine Virtual Anatomy Lab

IV.D.1 Face: Facial Muscles Page 2 of 7

As you add muscles to the face, try to make your facial muscles function as the added muscle.

facial muscles

The orbital group consists of the following:

Step 2:  The corrugator supercilii which draws the eyebrows medially.

The orbicularis oculi has two components. These are:

Step 3:  The orbicularis oculi palpebral component which closes the eye gently.
Step 4:  And the orbicularis oculi orbital component which closes the eye forcefully.