Masseter Muscle
When you clench your teeth and your face looks square, it’s thanks to the Masseter muscle, the most superficial and obvious of the mastication muscles.
Pterygoid muscles: Protruding the Jaw
The two pterygoid muscles are just half of the muscles that help you chew from inside your mouth, just behind your lower jaw.
Zygomaticus Muscles and Dimples
Dimples are genuine smiles are considered pretty attractive, but did you know that both these features are thanks to the actions of zygomaticus muscles?
Face Muscles
We smile and grin depending on how we feel, pout and chew our food. This is all thanks to our face muscles doing all the work.
Levator Labii Superioris muscle: exposing your upper teeth
We smile and grin depending on how we feel, but it is levator labii superioris that is responsible for lifting the upper lips and showing upper set of teeth, putting a serious mouth or turning the upper lip to the side.
Depressor Anguli Oris Muscle
Ever wondered who’s involved in making the sad emoji mouth happen? It’s the depressor anguli oris that pulls the corners of the mouth downwards, creating this universal expression of sadness emotion.
Corrugator Supercilii Muscle: Making you look confused and thoughtful
The Corrugator Supercilii muscle acts when we’re angry or thinking, wrinkling the skin between the eyebrows by pulling them closer.
Orbicularis Oculi: the 2 blinking muscles
We blink up to 20 times a minute and wink to convey complicity. This is thanks to the orbicularis oculi muscle, the subtle muscle keeping your eyes safe from bright lights, touch and foreign objects, even faster than you can think about it.
Occipitofrontalis muscle: making you surprised and confused
We raise our eyebrows in surprise and wrinkle them when confused. This is all thanks to the occipitofrontalis contracting accordingly.
Nasalis Muscle: flaring your nostrils
What muscle flares the nostrils? It’s the Nasalis muscle. It’s kind of sphincter with two parts, that allows you to move your nose for different facial expressions like wrinkling your nose.