Facial muscles

Facial muscles
Facial muscles
	Head
	Lateral head anatomy
Details
Nerve	facial nerve
Identifiers
Latin	musculi faciei
MeSH	D005152
TA98	A04.1.03.001
TA2	2060
FMA	71288
	Anatomical terms of muscle

The facial muscles are a group of striated skeletal muscles supplied by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) that, among other things, control facial expression. These muscles are also called mimetic muscles. They are only found in mammals, although they derive from neural crest cells found in all vertebrates. They are the only muscles that attach to the dermis.^[1]

^ Wilkins, Adam S. (2017). "History of the Face I". Making Faces. Belknap Press. p. 169. ISBN 9780674725522.

[Faces-1] Wilkins, Adam S. (2017). "History of the Face I". Making Faces. Belknap Press. p. 169. ISBN 9780674725522.

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