Muscles of head and neck

The facial muscles are a group of striated muscles innervated by the facial nerve that, among other things, control facial expression. These muscles are also called mimetic muscles.The facial muscl…

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Instant Anatomy - Head and Neck - Muscles - Facial expression

No, I'm not talking about your boss, your homework, being stuck in traffic or even all the things on your to do list. I'm talking about the tightness between your shoulders that can cause pain up into your head, down your arms, sometimes in your chest and can even feel like a sharp pain deep in your inner ear. To explain how and why this happens, let me start with an anatomy lesson. The main muscle group involved is called the trapezius. It is so named due to its trapezoid shape, like a…

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The muscles of the head and neck help us perform many important actions such as movement, mastication (chewing), speech, and facial expression. While most muscles only connect bones to bones, the facial muscles are unusual because they connect bones to skin. The muscles themselves are hard to see under the layers of other tissue, but as they contract they affect the surface layers, to give us our remarkably expressive faces. As artists we are interested in the muscles because of their role…

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Nerves & muscles of the head

Muscles of the Anterior Triangle of the neck

This medical illustration depicts the following muscles of the face (facial muscles) : occipitofrontalis, levator labii superioris, zygomaticus minor, zygamticus major, buccinator, levator anguli o...

Posterior neck muscles Image courtesy S Bhimji MD

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This is the first of a 4-part series discussing motor control deficits in the cervical spine. The focus is to broaden your knowledge about the deep stabilising muscles of the neck, how they are assessed and how to design rehabilitation programs beyond DNCF exercises. First up - a review of the clini

Muscles of the Neck

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Human Anatomy: Muscles of the Head